Language Practices and Religious Rites in the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon

Autor/in	Kouega, Jean-Paul
Titel	Language Practices and Religious Rites in the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 13 (2016) 1, S.120-133 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2015.1023729
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Churches; Religious Cultural Groups; Foreign Countries; Clergy; Christianity; Religious Factors; French; English (Second Language); Language of Instruction; Questionnaires; Interviews; Participant Observation; Guidelines; Models; Translation; African Languages; Multilingualism; Pidgins; Singing; Latin; Language Planning; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Church; Kirche; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Ausland; Klerus; Christentum; Französisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Richtlinien; Analogiemodell; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Gesang; Latein; Sprachwechsel; Kamerun
Abstract	This paper deals with language practices in one Pentecostal church in Cameroon, i.e. the Full Gospel Mission Cameroon (FGMC). The data are produced by some 80 pastors, church officials, choir leaders and congregants, and the settings are some 20 churches located in two anglophone regions and two francophone regions of Cameroon. The instruments used are a questionnaire, informal discussions and interviews, and participant observation, and the framework adopted for analysis is the structural-functional model. It was found that an FGMC service contains 4-13 parts and that the languages used to realise the bulk of these parts are French and English. Occasionally, several other languages and language-like forms, like tongue-speaking, are heard in two specific parts, namely Testimonies and Ministration. French and English are used because the congregants are expected to be educated in either French or English and the translation services are systematically offered so that no group of faithful is left behind. Testimonies are made in any language chosen by the speakers and translations are usually offered in French or English, depending on the usual language of expression of the officiating pastor. (As Provided).
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