Presents a series of geographically diverse case studies that examine various issues involved in the study of urban African languages. This book focuses on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingualism and also the ways in which urban dwellers form their speech communities.
Presents a series of geographically diverse case studies that examine various issues involved in the study of urban African languages. This book focuses on theoretical issues in the study of African urban languages, exploring the outcomes of intense multilingualism and also the ways in which urban dwellers form their speech communities.
Fiona Mc Laughlin is an Associate Professor of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Florida, USA, where she currently heads a research project on the languages of urban Africa.
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Acknowledgements \ Notes on Contributors \ 1. Introduction to the languages of urban Africa Fiona Mc Laughlin (University of Florida, USA) \ 2. The historical dynamic of multilingualism in Accra M.E. Kropp Dakubu (University of Ghana-Legon, Ghana) \ 3. The Story of Old-Urban Vernaculars in North Africa Atiqa Hachimi (University of Florida, USA) \ 4. The spread of Lingala as a lingua franca in the Congo basin Eyamba G. Bokamba (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) \ 5. Senegal's Early Cities and the Making of an Urban Language, Fiona Mc Laughlin (University of Florida, USA) \ 6. Discourses, community, identity: Processes of linguistic homogenization in Bamako, Mali Cécile Canut (CNRS-Paris, France) \ 7. The Multiple Facets of the Urban Language Form, Nouchi Sabine Kube-Barth \ 8. On assessing the ethnolinguistic vitality of Ga in Accra James Essegbey (University of Florida, USA) \ 9. Multilingualism and language use in Porto Novo Wale Adeniran (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria) \ 10. Language choice in Dar es Salaam's billboards Charles Bwenge (University of Florida, USA) \ 11. Innovations on the Fringes of the Kiswahili Speaking World Haig Der-Houssikian (University of Florida, USA) \ 12. Polarizing and blending: compatible practices in a bilingual urban community in Cape Town Kay McCormick (University of Cape Town, South Africa) \ References Index
Acknowledgements \ Notes on Contributors \ 1. Introduction to the languages of urban Africa Fiona Mc Laughlin (University of Florida, USA) \ 2. The historical dynamic of multilingualism in Accra M.E. Kropp Dakubu (University of Ghana-Legon, Ghana) \ 3. The Story of Old-Urban Vernaculars in North Africa Atiqa Hachimi (University of Florida, USA) \ 4. The spread of Lingala as a lingua franca in the Congo basin Eyamba G. Bokamba (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) \ 5. Senegal's Early Cities and the Making of an Urban Language, Fiona Mc Laughlin (University of Florida, USA) \ 6. Discourses, community, identity: Processes of linguistic homogenization in Bamako, Mali Cécile Canut (CNRS-Paris, France) \ 7. The Multiple Facets of the Urban Language Form, Nouchi Sabine Kube-Barth \ 8. On assessing the ethnolinguistic vitality of Ga in Accra James Essegbey (University of Florida, USA) \ 9. Multilingualism and language use in Porto Novo Wale Adeniran (Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria) \ 10. Language choice in Dar es Salaam's billboards Charles Bwenge (University of Florida, USA) \ 11. Innovations on the Fringes of the Kiswahili Speaking World Haig Der-Houssikian (University of Florida, USA) \ 12. Polarizing and blending: compatible practices in a bilingual urban community in Cape Town Kay McCormick (University of Cape Town, South Africa) \ References Index
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