The Language Situation in Cameroon

Autor/in	Kouega, Jean-Paul
Titel	The Language Situation in Cameroon
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 8 (2007) 1, S.3-94 (92 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Language Planning; Foreign Countries; Multilingualism; Language Usage; History; Foreign Policy; Indigenous Populations; Official Languages; African Languages; Language of Instruction; Language Minorities; Ethnic Groups; French; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Cameroon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Sprachwechsel; Ausland; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachgebrauch; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Außenpolitik; Sinti und Roma; Office language; Amtssprache; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Sprachminderheit; Ethnie; Französisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Kamerun
Abstract	This monograph examines the language situation in Cameroon, a Central African country where fewer than 20 million people speak close to 250 languages. Specifically, the monograph addresses the issues of language use and spread, language policy and planning, and language maintenance and prospects. The study is divided into five parts. The introduction provides background information on Cameroon, giving an overview the country's historical evolution from colonisation to the present, while Part I looks into language use in the country, describing how official, indigenous and religious languages cohabit. Part II considers language spread, with a focus on language-in-education, in the media and in other relevant social domains. Part III takes up language policy and planning and decries the absence of a language agency in the polity. Finally, Part IV discusses the implications of the current situation for the development of the various languages analysed. (Contains 17 tables, 4 figures and 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10