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Item Details
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ENGLISH IN CAMEROON
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| By: |
Hans-Georg Wolf |
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Hardback |
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£127.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3110170531 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783110170535 |
| Publisher: |
DE GRUYTER |
| Pub. date: |
11 May, 2001 |
| Edition: |
Reprint 2013 |
| Series: |
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 85 |
| Pages: |
369 |
| Description: |
The multilingual situation in Cameroon and the status of English as a co-official language constitute a unique case for sociolinguistic investigation. Drawing from first-hand material, this work investigates several aspects of this complex configuration. |
| Synopsis: |
The multilingual situation in Cameroon and the status of English as a co-official language constitute a unique and fascinating case for sociolinguistic investigation. Drawing from first-hand material, the author investigates several aspects of this complex configuration, including the historical development of English in Cameroon, the various languages and lingua franca areas, the linguistic policy, the de facto status of English and the situation in the anglophone provinces. The speech community of the Anglophones is highlighted as a rare example of an ethnicity tied to the second language. Apart from important sociolinguistic findings, the work includes a novel, corpus-based analysis of Cameroon English. Certain lexical phenomena are explained by the cognitive coding of culture - particularly the African cultural model of community, which also underlies the self-perception of the Anglophones - a perspective hitherto neglected in the study of the New Englishes. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Illustrations: |
4 Maps; 10 Tables, black and white |
| Publication: |
Germany |
| Imprint: |
De Gruyter Mouton |
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Non-returnable |
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