
Language Change under Multilingual Conditions
Case Studies from Africa
Edited by: Klaus Beyer, Raija Kramer. With an introduction by: Klaus Beyer, Raija Kramer. With contributions by: Klaus Beyer, Bruce Connell, Raija Kramer, Holger W. Markgraf, Nico Nassenstein, Henning Schreiber, Georg Ziegelmeyer.
Series: Frankfurt African Studies Bulletin Year 2012, Volume 24
2017144 pp.
2 colour maps, 1 b/w photo, 1 colour chart, 8 charts, 1 colour figure, 1 draft, numerous tables and overviews
Text language(s): English
Format: 160 x 240 mm
290 g
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CONTENTS
Klaus Beyer / Raija Kramer:
Introduction – language change under multilingual conditions
Klaus Beyer:
Language development under multilingual conditions – towards an agent based simulation of contact-induced language development
Raija Kramer:
On canines, classes and concordances – linguistic variation and norm development in Fulfulde varieties of Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Region, Cameroon)
Henning Schreiber:
Linguistic solidarity against ultra-hyper-diversity – Nigerian Pidgin in Lagos
Nico Nassenstein:
Style, sociability and innovations in Makerere English
Holger Markgraf:
Variation and linguistic change in Mbum
Bruce Connell:
Language history and language contact in the Mambiloid Region of Cameroon
Georg Ziegelmeyer:
A note on contact scenarios in the wider Lake Chad Region
Accompanying material:
- Inheritance, Contact, and Change in Two East African Languages
(ISBN 978-3-89645-270-2 ) - Language Contact and Language Change in Ethiopia
(ISBN 978-3-89645-258-0 ) - Language Contact, Language Change and History Based on Language Sources in Africa
(ISBN 978-3-89645-093-7 ) - When Languages Meet
(ISBN 978-3-89645-257-3 )
Cross-reference:
- Codeswitching in Gambia
(ISBN 978-3-927620-24-7 ) - Ethnographie des Sprachwechsels
(ISBN 978-3-927620-25-4 ) - Sprachwandel durch Sprachkontakt am Beispiel des Nubischen im Niltal
(ISBN 978-3-927620-26-1 )
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