
Codeswitching in Gambia
Eine soziolinguistische Untersuchung von Mandinka, Wolof und Englisch in Kontakt. With an English Summary
Author: Delia Haust. Series edited by: Hans-Jürgen Sasse †, Rainer Voßen.
Series: LCA Language Contact in Africa Volume 1
199516 pp. Roman, 372 pp.
20 tables, 70 diagrams, appendix: 55 tables
Text language(s): German
Format: 160 x 240 mm
780 g
Paperback
€ 69.80
Buy 'Codeswitching in Gambia' as a downloadable PDF document directly from our online shop »
Order 'Codeswitching in Gambia' as print edition »
The first part of the present study covers theoretical aspects of code-switching, using two discourse-pragmatic and two grammatical models. On the basis of these models the author develops a framework for her empirical study of the double overlapping diglossia in Gambia, where two African lingua francas serve as Low varieties in contrast to the official language English, and as High varieties in contrast to the local languages.
Haust includes brief sketches of the main languages involved, Mandinka and Wolof, reproduces the questionnaires and data of the informants, followed by diagrams and cross-tabulations showing the cases of code-switching. The final chapters give a structural categorization of code-switching and its sociopragmatic criteria.
Following the links below you will find further publications on the Mandinka language and sociolinguistics in West Africa:
Accompanying material:
- L’expression du temps en wolof
(ISBN 978-3-89645-557-4 ) - Language Contact in Guinea
(ISBN 978-3-89645-906-0 ) - The Role of Wolof in Multilingual Conversations in the Casamance
(ISBN 978-3-89645-087-6 ) - Tigrinya–English/Amharic Codeswitching
(ISBN 978-3-89645-997-8 )
Cross-reference:
- Mandinka Spoken Art
(ISBN 978-3-927620-63-6 ) - Sprache und Musik in Mandinka-Erzählungen
(ISBN 978-3-89645-265-8 ) - Vies quotidiennes à Dakar (Sénégal) / Everyday Life in Dakar (Senegal) / Nettaliy dundin ci Ndakaaru, bis bu nekk
(ISBN 978-3-89645-285-6 )
Reviews
Josef Schmied in International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 6/1, 1996, 155-159
« back | Print version | [top] |