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English in Cameroon / Hans-Georg Wolf.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 85Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]Copyright date: ©2001Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (359 p.) : 4 KtnContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110170535
  • 9783110849059
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420/.96711 22
LOC classification:
  • PE3442.C3 W65 2001eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. English in West Africa -- 3. English in Cameroon -- 4. Cameroon English as a national variety -- 5. The cultural model of ‘community’ realized in African English in general and in Cameroon English in particular -- 6. Summary -- Maps -- References -- Index
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. English in West Africa -- 3. English in Cameroon -- 4. Cameroon English as a national variety -- 5. The cultural model of ‘community’ realized in African English in general and in Cameroon English in particular -- 6. Summary -- Maps -- References -- Index

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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