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AbstractTranslanguaged siding is the term used here for the relatively under-researched phenomenon of student-to-student communication occurring in parallel to the teacher-talk, but using language and other semiotic resources that differ from the teacher's in order to shape understanding of the teacher's meanings or to make other meanings. This article draws on Fishman's reflections on his now famous 1965 question "Who speaks What language to Whom and When?", and on Bakhtin's work on dialogicity to examine the dynamics of semiotic choice in translanguaged siding as well as its functions in the experience of multilingual students at a South African University. Data obtained from recorded interviews, a questionnaire survey and documentary evidence allow for establishing that (1) there are complex chains of correlation involving subsets of identified siding variables, and (2) translanguaged siding can be supportive of learning, contrary to associations of siding with Malinowskian small talk.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- References -- Part I The Politics of the Constitution of Language, and Its Metalanguage, in the Global South -- 1 Can There Be a Politics of Language? Reflections On Language and Metalanguage -- Introduction -- Metalanguage and Stipulated Definition -- Intellectual Background -- Denaturalizing Sociolinguistics -- The Double Hermeneutic -- Southern Theory -- Note -- References -- 2 Shallow Grammar and African American English: Evaluating the Master's Tools in Linguistics -- Introduction -- African American English and the Master's Tools -- Auxiliaries in African American English -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Multilingual Socialization and Development of Multilingualism as a First Language: Implications for Multilingual Education -- Introduction -- Children With Multiple Languages in Monolingual Societies -- Children in Multilingual Societies: Learning to Live With Languages -- Developmental Processes in Multilingual Socialization -- Multilingual Socialization and Multilingualism as a First Language -- Growing Up With Multilingualism: Some Observations -- Development of Multilingual Children and MLE: Rethinking the Principles and Applications of Bilingual Education -- Summing Up: Some Implications of Multilingualism -- Notes -- References -- 4 Questioning Epistemic Racism in Issues of Language Studies in Brazil: The Case of Pretuguês Versus Popular Brazilian ... -- Introduction -- Universality, Coloniality and Body-Politics -- Language as an Invented Zone of Non-Being: Reviewing Notions -- Connecting Threads: Reclaiming the Place of Racism -- Language Ideologies and Linguistic Racism -- Black Portuguese Or Creolized Portuguese: the War Over the National Language of Brazil.

This groundbreaking book echoes the growing demand for decolonization of the production and dissemination of academic knowledge. Reflecting the dynamic nature of online discussion, this conversational book features interviews with scholars working on language and race and the interactive discussion that accompanied these interviews.

This book brings together 11 prominent scholars and political activists to discuss and explore issues around postcolonialism, decoloniality, Theories of the South and Epistemologies of the South. These wide-ranging discussions touch upon issues from academic research methods and writing conventions to global struggles for justice

Central terms and concepts / Pamela Maseko, H. Ekkehard Wolff and Russell H. Kaschula -- Introduction / Russell H. Kaschula, H. Ekkehard Wolff and Pamela Maseko -- Prologue : the essentialist paradox in intellectual discourse on African languages / H. Ekkehard Wolff -- part one. African language empowerment : concept formation and intellectualisation -- 1. Researching the intellectualisation of African languages, multilingualism and education / Russell H. Kaschula and Pamela Maseko -- 2. Language empowerment and intellectualisation through multilingual higher education in South Africa / Pamela Maseko and H. Ekkehard Wolff -- part two. Language planning, terminology development and dictionaries -- 3. Language planning in South Africa : a history / Gregory Kamwendo and Nobuhle Ndimande-Hlongwa -- 4. Language and terminology development in isiXhosa : a history / Koliswa Moropa and Feziwe Shoba -- 5. Multilingual terminology and cognition in assessment / Bassey E. Antia -- 6. IsiXhosa dictionaries, language learning and intercultural communication / Dion Nkomo -- part three. Language in education -- 7. Managing multilingualism in education : policies and practices / Anneke Potgieter and Christine Anthonissen -- 8. University multilingualism : modelling rationales for language policies / Bassey E. Antia -- 9. Language development and multilingualism at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology / Monwabisi K. Ralarala, Eunice Ivala, Ken Barris, Noleen Leach, Linda Manashe and Zakhile Somlata -- 10. Teacher development : promoting a biliteracy approach to epistemic access / Michael Joseph, Nompumelelo Frans and Esther Ramani -- part four. Language in the professions : law, media, science and language technology -- 11. Language and law : 'cultural translation' of narratives into sworn statements / Monwabisi K. Ralarala -- 12. Language and media : isiXhosa in journalism and media studies at a South African university / Jeanne du Toit and Pamela Maseko -- 13. Using African languages to teach science in higher education / Wanga Gambushe, Dion Nkomo and Pamela Maseko -- 14. The development of language technologies in the South African context / Justus C. Roux -- part five. Language, culture and intercultural communication -- 15. Language policy in South Africa through the Sapir-Whorf 'looking glasses' / Russell H. Kaschula and Andre M. Mostert -- 16. Language, intercultural communication and literature / Nogwaja S. Zulu -- 17. Music, literature and multilingualism in the East Cape Opera Company / Hleze Kunju and Russell H. Kaschula -- 18. Beyond language : German Studies in a South African university context / Undine S. Weber, Rebecca S.C. Domingo and Regine B. Fourie