Korle Meets The Sea : A Sociolinguistic History Of Accra Hardcover

M. E. Kropp Dakubu

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.

9780195060614

English

Oxford University Press, USA

01-06-1997

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... a rich look at a fascinating country with a rich variety of old and new languages ... recommended. * The Carrier Pidgin *