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Structural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Indigenisation: On Multilingualism and Language Evolution
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Hardcover. Structural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Indigenisation Editor(s): Anchimbe, Eric A. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2H; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400778801
SKU
V9789400778801
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