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Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 14:18:02
From: Simon Reber [S.Reber at peterlang.com]
Subject: A Dictionary of Camfranglais: Kamdem Fonkoua

 


Title: A Dictionary of Camfranglais 
Series Title: Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft - Volume 107  

Publication Year: 2015 
Publisher: Peter Lang AG
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Book URL: http://www.peterlang.com/?265943 


Author: Hector Kamdem Fonkoua

Hardback: ISBN:  9783631659434 Pages: 261 Price: U.S. $ 64.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9783631659434 Pages: 261 Price: U.K. £ 40.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9783631659434 Pages: 261 Price: Europe EURO 49.50


Abstract:

This book is a simple and clear presentation of the lexis of Camfranglais, an
urban youth sociolect in Cameroon. It presents this sociolect as an outgrowth
of language contact phenomena that have fossilized especially around the
Littoral Region of Cameroon. Methodologically speaking, it uses a
lexicographic as well as an ethnographic approach to data collection. Lexical
elements have been collected from such diverse sources as Cameroonian popular
music, online chat groups and forums like Facebook, blogs, Youtube videos etc.
Besides there were group conversations organized for the collection of data.
The major strength of this book lies in the diversity and authenticity of its
sources which are all traceable. Moreover, all the regular statements it makes
about the origin, semantic categories, grammatical classes of the lexis of
Camfranglais are the result of the necessary lexical manipulations that should
precede these statements. A complete alphabetical lexicon of Camfranglais is
presented, and, where possile, etymologies are given. For all entries, real
examples are quoted so as to guide the reader to the usage of words. Idiomatic
expressions are also presented for different lexical entries. The book will
serve as reference for those working on Camfranglais as well as a starting
point for lexico-semantic studies on Camfranglais.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Lexicography
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     Pidgin, Cameroon (wes)


Written In: English  (eng)

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