African Multilingualisms Rural Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

African Multilingualisms Rural Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

African Multilingualisms is the first book dedicated to presenting case studies of small-scale multilingualism in rural Africa. Contributors present extensive new data on sociolinguistic patterns found in these contexts and consider new, more ethnographically sensitive methods for exploring multilin...

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Other Authors: Di Carlo, Pierpaolo, Good, Jeff, Akumbu, Pius W., Assomo, Célestine G., Atindogbé, Gratien G., Chenemo, Margaret, Chie, Esther P., Cobbinah, Alexander Yao, Dissake, Endurence M. K., Agwara, Angiachi D. Esene, Goron, Amina N., Makon, Marguérite G., Mba, Gabriel, Ndamsah, Gratiana, Neba, Ayu'nwi N., Ngue Um, Emmanuel, Tem, Angela Nsen, Diba, Rachel A. Ojong, Sow, Ndiémé, A. E., Tabe Florence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham Lexington Books, 2020.
Subjects:
Africa.
History: Africa / General.
Social Science: Anthropology / Cultural.
Multilingualism > Africa.
Multilingualism.
EBSCO eBooks
Electronic books.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface (Gabriel Mba) ; ; Editors' Preface (Jeff Good and Pierpaolo Di Carlo) ; ; Biographical Notes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Introduction ; ; African Multilingualisms: Understanding the Diversity of Multilingualisms in Sub-Saharan Africa ; ; Pierpaolo Di Carlo and Jeff Good ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">The Diversity of Multilingualisms in Rural Spaces ; ; 1. Multilingualism among the Mbororo of the North-West Region of Cameroon: An Overview ; ; Pius W. Akumbu and Esther P. Chie ; ; 2. Nuances in Language Use in Multilingual Settings: Code-Switching or Code Regimentation <span style="font-weight:bold;"> in Lower Fungom?' ; ; Rachel A. Ojong Diba ; ; 3.
  • The So-Called Royal Register of Bafut within the Bafut Language Ecology: Language Ideologies and Multilingualism in the Cameroonian Grassfields ; ; Pierpaolo Di Carlo and Ayu'nwi N. Neba ; ; 4. Multilingualism as It Unfolds: Language Vitality in Naturally Occurring Speech in Kelleng, a Rural Setting in Cameroon ; ; Emmanuel Ngué Um, Marguérite G. Makon, and Célestine G. Assomo ; ; 5. An Ecological Approach to Ethnic Identity and Language Dynamics in a Multilingual Area (Lower Casamance, Senegal) ; ; Alexander Yao Cobbinah ; ; 6. Multilingualism and the Paradox of Language Creation: The Case of Lítâ (Research Note) ; ; Gratiana Ndamsah ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Multilingualisms in Contact ; ; 7.
  • Multilingualism in Rural Africa: A Case Study of Ossing Village in Cameroon ; ; Tabe Florence A. E. ; ; 8. Spaces and Interactions in Multilingual Repertoire Construction: A Case Study in an Urban Area of Casamance (Senegal) ; ; Ndiémé Sow ; ; 9. Analyzing Court Discourse in a Multilingual Setting: The Case of the Buea Court of First Instance ; ; Endurence M. K. Dissake and Gratien G. Atindogbé ; ; 10. Multilingualism and Language Ideologies in the Context of War: The Case of Refugees from Boko Haram in the Minawao Camp in the Far North Region of Cameroon (Research Note) ; ; Amina N. Goron ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Methodologies for the Study of Rural Multilingualisms ; ; 11.
  • What an Ethnographically Informed Questionnaire Can Contribute to the Understanding of Traditional Multilingualism Research: Lessons from Lower Fungom ; ; Angiachi D. Esene Agwara ; ; 12. Ways to Assess Multilingual Competence in Small, Unwritten Languages: The Case of Lower Fungom ; ; Gabriel Mba and Angela Nsen Tem ; ; 13. Essentialism and Indexicality in a Multilingual Rural Community: The Case of Lower Bafut in North-West Cameroon ; ; Margaret Chenemo and Ayu'nwi N. Neba ; ; About the Contributors

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