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

2017
144 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
Paperback
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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

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