Assessing patterns of language use and identity among Cameroonian migrants in Cape Town

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2006

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University of the Western Cape

Abstract

This study explored Cameroonian migrants language use and the various language forms they use to manifest their identity. It also dealt with multicultural/multilingual people in an equally multicultural/multilingual society - Cape Town. The study was carried out in the wider and interdisciplinary field of applied linguistics with focus on the specific domain of sociolinguistics.

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Magister Artium - MA

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Sociolinguistics, South Africa, Cape Town, Language and culture, Ethnic identity, Language and languages

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