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English in Cameroon

by Hans-Georg Wolf
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Arguing that "it is a myth to assume that a language is a homogenous entity and can be studied as such," Wolf (English and American studies, Humboldt U., Germany) identifies Cameroon English as an independent English second language national variety and examines it through the lens of sociolinguistics. He further attempts to integrate cognitive anthropology's concept of "cultural models" into the discussion in order to understand the natural processes of language- culture interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Arguing that "it is a myth to assume that a language is a homogenous entity and can be studied as such," Wolf (English and American studies, Humboldt U., Germany) identifies Cameroon English as an independent English second language national variety and examines it through the lens of sociolinguistics. He further attempts to integrate cognitive anthropology's concept of "cultural models" into the discussion in order to understand the natural processes of language- culture interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Arguing that "it is a myth to assume that a language is a homogenous entity and can be studied as such," Wolf (English and American studies, Humboldt U., Germany) identifies Cameroon English as an independent English second language national variety and examines it through the lens of sociolinguistics. He further attempts to integrate cognitive anthropology's concept of "cultural models" into the discussion in order to understand the natural processes of language- culture interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Arguing that "it is a myth to assume that a language is a homogenous entity and can be studied as such," Wolf (English and American studies, Humboldt U., Germany) identifies Cameroon English as an independent English second language national variety and examines it through the lens of sociolinguistics. He further attempts to integrate cognitive anthropology's concept of "cultural models" into the discussion in order to understand the natural processes of language- culture interaction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
June 1, 2001
Publisher
Mouton de Gruyter
Pages
359
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9783110170535

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