Ghana has played a key role in African/Western relations since medieval times. For this reason and others, Ghana has evolved into a linguistic quilt that contains forty-four indigenous languages and several exotic ones, of which most Ghanians speak at least two. Using Accra, Ghana's capital, as a microcosm, Dakubu conducts a linguistic, historical, and ethnographic investigation of the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has effected Ghanaian society.
Ghana has played a key role in African/Western relations since medieval times. For this reason and others, Ghana has evolved into a linguistic quilt that contains forty-four indigenous languages and several exotic ones, of which most Ghanians speak at least two. Using Accra, Ghana's capital, as a microcosm, Dakubu conducts a linguistic, historical, and ethnographic investigation of the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has effected Ghanaian society.
Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra
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| ISBN-13: | 9780195060614 |
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| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Publication date: | 06/28/1997 |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.26(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.76(d) |
| Lexile: | 1460L (what's this?) |