Structural and sociolinguistic perspectives on indigenisation [electronic resource] : on multilingualism and language evolution / Eric A. Anchimbe, editor.
Anchimbe, Eric A. editor of compilation.
2014
PE3442.C3 S77 2014eb
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Title Structural and sociolinguistic perspectives on indigenisation [electronic resource] : on multilingualism and language evolution / Eric A. Anchimbe, editor.
ISBN 9789400778801
9789400778818 electronic book
9400778813 electronic book
Published Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number PE3442.C3 S77 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 427/.96711
Summary Descriptions of new varieties of European languages in postcolonial contexts have focused exceedingly on system-based indigenisation and variation. This volume-while further illustrating processes and instantiations of indigenisation at this level-incorporates investigations of sociolinguistic and pragmatic phenomena in daily social interaction-e.g. politeness, respect, compliment response, naming and address forms, and gender-through innovative analytic frameworks that view indigenisation from emic perspectives. Focusing on postcolonial Cameroon and using natural and questionnaire data, the book assesses the salience of linguistic and sociocultural hybridisation triggered by colonialism and, recently, globalisation in interaction in and across languages and cultures. The authors illustrate how the multilingual nature of the society and individuals' multilingual repertoires shape patterns in the indigenisation and evolution of the ex-colonial languages, English and French, and Pidgin English.
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Introduction
1. Indigenisation and multilingualism: Extending the debate on language evolution in Cameroon
Part I: Structural perspectives on indigenisation
Syntax and phonology. 2. 'That-clauses' in Cameroon English: A study in functional extension. 3. Pronoun-like usage in Cameroon English: The case of copy, resumptive, obligation, and dummy pronouns. 4. Les camerounismes: Essai d'une (nouvelle) typologie. 5. Intonation in Cameroon English. 6. Ethnolinguistic heterogeneity in Cameroon English pronunciation
Part II: Sociolinguistic perspectives on indigenisation
Sociolinguistics and pragmatics. 7. Attitudes towards Cameroon English: A sociolinguistic survey. 8. Gender and the use of tags in Cameroon English discourse. 9.Ethnicité, politesse et représentations au Cameroun. 10. Address strategies in Cameroon Pidgin English: A socio-pragmatic perspective
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