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Title: Studies in African Varieties of English

Studies in African Varieties of English

by Peter Lucko (Volume editor) Lothar Peter (Volume editor) Hans-Georg Wolf (Volume editor)
©2003 Edited Collection 192 Pages
English Studies

Summary

This volume is a collection of articles dealing with African, in particular West African, varieties of English, including English-based Pidgins and Creole languages, some of which have received only scant attention so far. A wide range of different aspects are highlighted: the role of the varieties discussed in their respective linguistic situations, evidence of the acculturation of English in an African context, lexical and grammatical characteristics, questions of language and education policy, and – for the first time – a lexical comparison of two developing national varieties.

Details

Pages
192
Year
2003
ISBN (Softcover)
9783631394892
Language
English
Keywords
english dialectics africa
Published
Frankfurt/M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2003. 192 pp., num. fig., tab. and graph.

Biographical notes

Peter Lucko (Volume editor) Lothar Peter (Volume editor) Hans-Georg Wolf (Volume editor)

The Editors: Peter Lucko studied English and German at Humboldt University, Berlin. He received his Dr. phil. in 1981 and his Dr. sc. phil. in 1987. Lothar Peter studied the same subjects at Humboldt University and received his Dr. phil. in 1985. Hans-Georg Wolf studied linguistics, German and education at the University of Frankfurt/Main and at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He received his Dr. phil. in linguistics from Frankfurt University in 1994 and his habilitation at Humboldt University in 2000. All three are teaching in the Department of English and American Studies at Humboldt University, Berlin.

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