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@article{ART001904128},
author={Chul-Joon Yang},
title={Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2014},
volume={22},
number={2},
pages={45-64}

TY - JOUR
AU - Chul-Joon Yang
TI - Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2014
VL - 22
IS - 2
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 45
EP - 64
SN - 1226-4822
AB - This paper addresses the question of agency in shaping linguistic landscape and its manifold social and political implications in changing language ideology, attitudes and situations in post-Ujamaa Tanzania. Based on empirical data collected in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, this paper attempts to explain shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape in the context of globalization as well as the spread of English in Tanzania. Agency in shaping linguistic landscape is inseparably interconnected with various social actors'motivations and reflects social changes at large. The domain of human agency behind linguistic landscape (public uses of written language) can be characterized as an epiphenomenon which involves a historical dimension and perspective. The study of linguistic landscape with special reference to agency offers a useful tool for examining various social actors who vie for public space. Agency in linguistic landscape needs to be seen in the wider context of social processes and existing power structures.
KW - agency;linguistic landscape;multilingualism;language policy;polycentricity;Swahili;Tanzania
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Chul-Joon Yang. (2014). Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 22(2), 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. 2014, "Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.22, no.2 pp.45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang "Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 22.2 pp.45-64 (2014) : 45.

Chul-Joon Yang. Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2014; 22(2), 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. "Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 22, no.2 (2014) : 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 22(2), 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2014; 22(2) 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 2014; 22(2), 45-64.

Chul-Joon Yang. "Shifting agency in shaping linguistic landscape: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 22, no.2 (2014) : 45-64.