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Camfranglais : a glossary of common words, phrases and usages / Jean-Paul Kouega.
Van Pelt Library PL8021.C35 K68 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kouega, Jean-Paul.
- Series:
- LINCOM studies in Pidgin & Creole languages ; 13.
- LINCOM studies in Pidgin & Creole languages
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- French language--Social aspects--Cameroon.
- French language.
- English language--Social aspects--Cameroon.
- English language.
- French language--Cameroon--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- English language--Cameroon--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Languages, Mixed.
- Languages, Mixed--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- English language--Social aspects.
- French language--Social aspects.
- Cameroon.
- Genre:
- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
- Controlled vocabularies.
- Physical Description:
- 322 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Muenchen : LINCOM Europa, 2013.
- Summary:
- "The present study focuses on Camfranglais, a created speech form that has been in use in the country for approximately three decades. The analysis first considers the sociolinguistic and the linguistic features of this speech form (Part One), and then it provides a lexical inventory of common words used by its speakers (Part Two)"--P. 11.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-111).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783862884513
- 3862884511
- OCLC:
- 861177202
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