Contact Linguistics in Africa and Beyond
( Languages and Linguistics )
Publication series ：Languages and Linguistics
Author： Akinmade T. Akande and Rotimi Taiwo (Department of English Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Nigeria)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2014
E-ISBN: 9781626183193
Subject： H0 Linguistics
Keyword： Language
Language： ENG
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Description
This is an edited volume which focuses on the socio-linguistics of contact linguistics. This volume comprises fifteen chapters with contributions from seasoned socio-linguistics such as Myers-Scotton, Peter Auer, Daniel Nkemleke and Edmund Bamiro. Topics such as language contact phenomenon, theories related to code-switching and code-mixing, and quantitative analysis are examined. The influences of specific hip-hop lyrics and writing styles, and an examination of idiomatic expressions in two languages and their similarities are also discussed.