Korle Meets the Sea : a Sociolinguistic History of Accra.

By:

Kropp Dakubu, M. E. (Mary Esther)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (235 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780195345186
0195345185

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

306.44609667 306.4409667

LOC classification:

P115.5.G4K758 1997 P115.5.G4 K758 1997eb

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Contents:

Contents; 1. A Dispute, a Saying, and Some Theory; 2. Multilingualism and the West African City; 3. Modern Multilingual Accra I; 4. Modern Multilingual Accra II; 5. To the Sea: The Formation of the Ga Language Community; 6. Upstream, Inland: Other People's Languages; 7. Beyond the Sea: Exotic Languages; 8. Flood Control: The Dynamics of Multilingualism; Notes; References; Index.

Summary: For centuries, Accra, the capital of Ghana, has been a linguistic anomaly that contains 44 indigenous languages, of which most members of its population speak at least two, Using linguistic, historical, and ethnographic techniques, Dakubu explores the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has affected Ghanaian society.

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For centuries, Accra, the capital of Ghana, has been a linguistic anomaly that contains 44 indigenous languages, of which most members of its population speak at least two, Using linguistic, historical, and ethnographic techniques, Dakubu explores the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has affected Ghanaian society.