Linguistic Landscape in a Multilingual Cameroon

Wenslus Asongu (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

358 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
9781036451646 (ISBN)

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This book investigates the Linguistic Landscape (LL) of Cameroon, a heavily multilingual postcolonial context. Specifically, it examines the sociolinguistic, pragmatic, and cognitive aspects of signpost messages in Buea, Douala, Yaounde, and Dschang. The book stems from the observation that messages displayed on signposts in Cameroon reveal significant sociolinguistic information about the nation. The investigation is therefore couched in the premise that the messages displayed on signposts in Cameroon constitute a window to the sociolinguistic landscape of the country. Through observation, photographing, questionnaires, and interviews, a total number of 1500 signpost messages targeted for the investigation together with one hundred and seventy (170) interview responses from some authors of the messages were collected. These data were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively from the perspectives of the sociolinguistic approach, pragmatic approach, and Construction Grammar approach to world Englishes, revealing multidimensional findings.

Wenslus Asongu is a PhD holder in English Linguistics from the University of Dschang, Cameroon, where he has been serving as a Part-time Lecturer since 2020. He is currently a DAAD Postdoctoral Fellow at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany. Asongu's research interests include: World Englishes, Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, English Morpho-syntax, Discourse Analysis, and Intercultural Communication. He is the author of significant scientific publications in reputable international journals.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2025
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-13	9781036451646 / 9781036451646
Zustand	Neuware