Browsing Linguistics by Author "Jimaima, Hambaba"
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Legitimization and recontextualization of languages: The imbalance of powers in a multilingual landscape
Simungala, Gabriel; Jimaima, Hambaba (John Benjamins Publishing company, 2023)We use the uneven distribution of languages in the public spaces of the University of Zambia and the voices and narratives that emerge to argue for legitimization and recontextualization as critical components in the ... -
The semiotic ecology of linguistic landscapes in rural Zambia
Banda, Felix; Jimaima, Hambaba (John Wiley & Sons LTD., 2015)In addressing the dearth in studies on linguistic/semiotic landscapes in oral-language dominant rural communities, we use the notion of repurposing to show how people from rural areas of Livingstone and Lusaka in Zambia ...