African Multilingualisms

Rural Linguistic and Cultural Diversity
Herausgeber: Di Carlo, Pierpaolo; Good, Jeff

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Although multilingualism is the norm in the day-to-day lives of most sub-Saharan Africans, multilingualism in settings outside of cities has so far been under-explored. This gap is striking when considering that in many parts of Africa, individual multilingualism was widespread long before the colonial period and centuries before the continent experienced large-scale urbanization. The edited collection African Multilingualisms fills this gap by presenting results from recent and ongoing research based on fieldwork in rural African environments as well as environments characterized by contact between urban and rural communities of speakers. The contributors-mostly Africans themselves, including a number of emerging scholars-present findings that both complement and critique current scholarship on African multilingualism. In addition, new methods and tools are introduced for the study of multilingualism in rural settings, alongside illustrations of the kinds of results that they yield. African Multilingualisms reveals an impressive diversity in the features of local language ideologies, multilingual behaviors, and the relationship between language and identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 604g
• ISBN-13: 9781498588959
• ISBN-10: 1498588956
• Artikelnr.: 58024241

Autorenporträt

Edited by Pierpaolo Di Carlo and Jeff Good - Contributions by Pius W. Akumbu; Célestine G. Assomo; Gratien G. Atindogbé; Margaret Chenemo; Esther P. Chie; Alexander Yao Cobbinah; Endurence M. K. Dissake; Angiachi D. Esene Agwara; Amina N. Goron; Marguérit

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface (Gabriel Mba) Editors' Preface (Jeff Good and Pierpaolo Di
Carlo) Biographical Notes Introduction African Multilingualisms:
Understanding the Diversity of Multilingualisms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Pierpaolo Di Carlo and Jeff Good 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
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 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 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