This paper argues that a positive transfer from mother tongue to second language can take place, one that preserves the cultural background of the speaker ; linguistic variation is thus seen as providing a clue to an understanding of culture. For that purpose, this paper applies the methodological concept of “cultural model”, as developed in cognitive anthropology, to the study of the New Englishes. The analysis mainly, but not exclusively, focuses on Cameroon English, a L2 variety of English that representatively expresses the general African model of community. It does not presume to provide a comprehensive account of the African model of community, but rather profiles a select number of conceptual metaphors and their linguistic expressio...
The phenomenon of language contact (LC) has received a considerable attention from many researchers ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
The Ruhr Area is a metropolitan area located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia in German...
Culture can be expressed through a language that is not native to it, such as a transplanted colonia...
The success of the young learners' ability to manage language and culture transition between the hom...
Abstract: The power interplay between African languages and English language is both interesting and...
The English Language has come to stay in Nigeria and Africa at large. The basic structure of African...
Abstract : A new kind of sociolinguistics developing in Africa deals with the urbanization of tradit...
The multilingual situation in Africa has led to the development of ‘hybrid’ languages in multi-lingu...
The multilingual situation in Africa has led to the development of ‘hybrid’ languages in multi-lingu...
Multilingualism is a gift, a resource. No one knows this better than Africans do. The uses of one’s ...
In the present situation where oral formal learning practices in Africa tend to dwindle drastically,...
Africa in its move to modernize pedagogical practices, in the teaching of languages, is faced with o...
The purpose of this paper is to reconsider, in the context of the uniquely complex language situatio...
Partant du statut des littératures africaines en langues européennes, cet article retrace l’expérien...
The phenomenon of language contact (LC) has received a considerable attention from many researchers ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
The Ruhr Area is a metropolitan area located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia in German...
Culture can be expressed through a language that is not native to it, such as a transplanted colonia...
The success of the young learners' ability to manage language and culture transition between the hom...
Abstract: The power interplay between African languages and English language is both interesting and...
The English Language has come to stay in Nigeria and Africa at large. The basic structure of African...
Abstract : A new kind of sociolinguistics developing in Africa deals with the urbanization of tradit...
The multilingual situation in Africa has led to the development of ‘hybrid’ languages in multi-lingu...
The multilingual situation in Africa has led to the development of ‘hybrid’ languages in multi-lingu...
Multilingualism is a gift, a resource. No one knows this better than Africans do. The uses of one’s ...
In the present situation where oral formal learning practices in Africa tend to dwindle drastically,...
Africa in its move to modernize pedagogical practices, in the teaching of languages, is faced with o...
The purpose of this paper is to reconsider, in the context of the uniquely complex language situatio...
Partant du statut des littératures africaines en langues européennes, cet article retrace l’expérien...
The phenomenon of language contact (LC) has received a considerable attention from many researchers ...
In most countries where English functions as a second language, it is enriched by a variety of cultu...
The Ruhr Area is a metropolitan area located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia in German...