Korle Meets the Sea A Sociolinguistic History of Accra

Name: Korle Meets the Sea A Sociolinguistic History of Accra
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ISBN: 9780195060614

ISBN-10: 019506061X

ISBN-13: 9780195060614

Edition: 1997

Authors: Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu

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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 Ghanaians 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 affected Ghanaian society.

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/1997
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.49" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Note on Spelling and Terminology



A Dispute, a Saying, and Some Theory



Multilingualism and the West African City



Modern Multilingual Accra I



Modern Multilingual Accra II



To the Sea: The Formation of the Ga Language Community



Upstream, Inland: Other People's Languages



Beyond the Sea: Exotic Languages



Flood Control: The Dynamics of Multilingualism


Notes


References


Index