English in Cameroon

Hans-Georg Wolf

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2001

English in Cameroon

Hans-Georg Wolf

Volume 85 in the series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110849059

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About this book

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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Hans-Georg Wolf is Assistant Professor at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. English in West Africa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. English in Cameroon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4. Cameroon English as a national variety Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
5. The cultural model of ‘community’ realized in African English in general and in Cameroon English in particular Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
6. Summary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2013
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 359
Illustrations
- Tables: 10
- Other: 4 Ktn.
Keywords: Englisch; Kamerun; Soziolinguistik

eBook

Published: June 10, 2013
ISBN: 9783110849059

Hardcover

Published: May 11, 2001
ISBN: 9783110170535