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English in Cameroon

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2001
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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.

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

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    Frontmatter

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    Acknowledgements

    VII
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    Contents

    IX
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    List of abbreviations

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    1. Introduction

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    2. English in West Africa

    29
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    3. English in Cameroon

    45
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    4. Cameroon English as a national variety

    239
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    5. The cultural model of ‘community’ realized in African English in general and in Cameroon English in particular

    275
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    6. Summary

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    Maps

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    References

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    Index

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eBook published on:
June 10, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9783110849059
Hardcover published on:
May 11, 2001
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110170535
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Reprint 2013
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Front matter:
10
Main content:
359
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10
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4 Ktn.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110849059
eBook ISBN: 9783110849059
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110170535
Keywords for this book
Englisch; Kamerun; Soziolinguistik
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