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Structural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Indigenisation, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
On Multilingualism and Language Evolution
Coordinator: Anchimbe Eric A.
Language: EnglishPublication date: 09-2016
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 01-2014
213 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Hardback
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Introduction.- 1. Indigenisation and multilingualism: Extending the debate on language evolution in Cameroon by Eric A. Anchimbe.- Part I: Structural perspectives on indigenisation – Syntax and phonology. 2. ‘That-clauses’ in Cameroon English: A study in functional extension by Bonaventure M. Sala. 3. Pronoun-like usage in Cameroon English: The case of copy, resumptive, obligation, and dummy pronouns by Paul N. Mbangwana. 4. Les camerounismes: Essai d’une (nouvelle) typologie by Gratien G. Atindogbé and Charles Bélinga B’Eno. 5. Intonation in Cameroon English by Yves Talla Sando Ouafeu. 6. Ethnolinguistic heterogeneity in Cameroon English pronunciation by Kelen Ernesta Fonyuy.- Part II: Sociolinguistic perspectives on indigenisation – Sociolinguistics and pragmatics. 7. Attitudes towards Cameroon English: A sociolinguistic survey by Eric A. Anchimbe. 8. Gender and the use of tags in Cameroon English discourse by Veronica A. Dashaco and Eric A. Anchimbe. 9.Ethnicité, politesse et représentations au Cameroun by Bernard Mulo Farenkia. 10. Address strategies in Cameroon Pidgin English: A socio-pragmatic perspective by Joseph Nkwain.- Author/Subject index.
Focuses on the pragmatics of new indigenized varieties where previous research only deals with lexical, semantic, and phonological properties
Provides and uses authentic data from naturally occurring situations which makes the findings more generalisable to other postcolonial multilingual communities
Offers rare insights from French as well as English as a post-colonial language
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras