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Title: | English language use and the expression of the Cameroonian sociocultural identity in the Cameroonian novel of English expression |
Authors: | Biloa, Edmond Meutem Kamtchueng, Lozzi M. |
Year: | 2011 |
Periodical: | Annales de la Faculté des Arts, Lettres et Sciences Humaines |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 13 |
Pages: | 127-154 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Cameroon |
Subjects: | novels English language identity |
About persons: | Linus Tongwo Asong (1947-2012) Shadrach A. Ambanasom Francis Beng Nyamnjoh (1961-) |
Abstract: | This paper explores the expression of Cameroonian sociocultural identity in the Cameroonian novel of English expression with reference to the works of three novelists, in particular 'The crown of thorns' (1995) by Linus T. Asong, 'Son of the native soil' (1999) by Shadrach A. Ambanasom, and 'A nose for money' (2006) by Francis B. Nyamnjoh. It argues that these Cameroonian novelists use several linguistic tools such as borrowing, coinage, translating local language expressions into English equivalents, code-mixing and code-switching, bilingual dialogue, and Cameroon pidgin English and French discourse, to express or construct Cameroonian sociocultural identity. It also argues that a good knowledge of the sociocultural context of Cameroon is necessary for a good understanding of the English language used in these literary texts. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |