Speaking of Tradition: How the Ngoni Talk about Value Maintenance and Change

Autor/in	Rosendal, Tove
Titel	Speaking of Tradition: How the Ngoni Talk about Value Maintenance and Change
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 39 (2018) 9, S.776-788 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rosendal, Tove)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1438447
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; African Languages; Agricultural Occupations; Cultural Background; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Language Skill Attrition; Social Systems; Power Structure; Global Approach; Cultural Traits; Code Switching (Language); Language Attitudes; Language Planning; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sprachverfall; Social system; Soziales System; Globales Denken; Sprachverhalten; Sprachwechsel; Tansania
Abstract	This paper presents results from an ethnographically informed study based on focus group discussions where rural Ngoni farmers in the southern highlands of Tanzania voice their ideas about their cultural heritage, with a special focus on attitudes towards Ngoni culture and cultural changes. With a model based on Ehala [2009. "Connecting the Individual and Cultural Level Value Analysis: The Case of Utilitarianism vs. Traditionalism." "Journal of Human Values" 15 (2): 107-118; Ehala, Martin. 2010. "Refining the Notion of Ethnolinguistic Vitality." "International Journal of Multilingualism" 7 (4): 363-378. doi:10.1080/14790711003637094] this study investigates the relationship between the ideological system of a community and the social system of this community. This in-group perspective contributes to insight into values systems of rituals, taboos and traditions, including a case study of naming traditions. Earlier findings of extensive codeswitching between Swahili and other Tanzanian languages have had a language loss perspective. This study combines this focus with a new framework to investigate the relationship between the competing ideological and social systems. Changing practices have been attested. These seem to be mainly due to asymmetrical power differences and influences caused by modernity, globalisation and especially the nation-state. (As Provided).
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