African Englishes: Contemporary Trends and Sociolinguistic Shifts [Hardcover]

1. The English Language in Africa: Contemporary Trends and Sociolinguistic Shifts??2.The Complicated Dynamic History of African Englishes and Challenging Linguistic Pyramids.?3. Towards Assimilation and Elision in English language in Cameroon: A Study of the University of Dschang??4. Rejecting Narratives of Marginalisation and Endangerment: The Future of Zambian Indigenous Languages in the Era of Supposed English Domination??5. The Sociolinguistic Description of Tanzanian English: A Perspective on Nativisation??6. The Future of the English Language in South Africa: Protest and Promise of a New Dispensation??7. Extralinguistic and Pragmalinguistic Sociolinguistic Characterisations of Namibian English (Namlish) Across Ethnolinguistic Groups??8. Tanzanian English and the Ideological Politics of Language in Concepts, Good and Bad English (es) in Public Secondary Schools??9. Exploring Namlish as an English second language variety in Namibia??10. The Future is Bright: The Dominance of English and the Decline of Sesotho in a Changing Society, Lesotho??11. The English Divide: Navigating Linguistic Hierarchies in the Post-Colony, Botswana??12. Englishisation of the Oshiwambo language in Namibia??13. Semantics of Selected Social Media Expressions and Their Impact on Students Learning Skills: A Case Study of Bertoua University Learners??14. Acceptability of Grammatical Features in Educated Ghanaian English, Using Tolerability Scale??15. Western Standard Englishes and Cameroon Englishes: Why not partners???16. Beyond Language Blends in New Englishes: Rethinking Cultural Linguistic Empowerment and Exploring True Emancipation in African Literature??17. The Transformative Influence of Indigenous Languages on African Englishes??18. African Englishes: Through Our Voices, We Reclaim Our Narrative

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