Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 359 S.)
Edition:
2001
ISBN:
9783110849059
Series Statement:
Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] 85
Content:
Biographical note: Hans-Georg Wolf is Assistant Professor at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany.
Content:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110170535
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Wolf, Hans-Georg, 1963 - English in Cameroon Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001 ISBN 3110170531
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Englisch
;
Kamerun
;
Soziolinguistik
DOI:
10.1515/9783110849059
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