Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages

The Contributors vii Foreword Ofelia Garcia xi 1 Disinventing and Reconstituting Languages Sinfree Makoni and Alastair Pennycook 1(41) 2 Then There were Languages: Bahasa Indonesia was One Among Many Ariel Heryanto 42(20) 3 Critical Historiography: Does Language Planning in Africa Need a Construct of Language as Part of its Theoretical Apparatus? Sinfree Makoni and Pedzisai Mashiri 62(28) 4 The Myth of English as an International Language Alastair Pennycook 90(26) 5 Beyond 'Language': Linguistic Imperialism, Sign Languages and Linguistic Anthropology Jan Branson and Don Miller 116(19) 6 Entering a Culture Quietly: Writing and Cultural Survival in Indigenous Education in Brazil Lynn Mario T. Menezes de Souza 135(35) 7 A Linguistics of Communicative Activity Steven L. Thorne and James P. Lantolf 170(26) 8 (Dis)inventing Discourse: Examples from Black Culture and Hiphop Rap/Discourse Elaine Richardson 196(20) 9 Educational Materials Reflecting Heteroglossia: Disinventing Ethnolinguistic Differences in Bosnia-Herzegovina Brigitta Busch and J rgen Schick 216(17) 10 After Disinvention: Possibilities for Communication, Community and Competence Suresh Canagarajah 233(7) Index 240