Language and Interaction in the Chinese Community in Cameroon

A Sociolinguistic Profile

Jocelyne Kenne Kenne

• Publisher: LIT Verlag
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9783643964380
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Sociolinguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

"This book is the first in-depth treatment from a linguistic perspective of the Chinese presence in Africa. It is essentially a detailed study on communication in various domains between Chinese immigrants in Cameroon and the local community with whom they interact. In eight chapters this well-organized book is able to give a relatively detailed sociolinguistic description of the host country, Cameroon, provide a good theoretical background of the study, outline the methodology used for the study which involved mainly a questionnaire survey, semi-structured interviews, and field observations before drawing conclusions to the study. This is a brilliant contribution to a growing literature on the global Chinese diaspora." - Adams Bodomo, Professor of African Studies (Chair of Linguistics and Literatures) at the University of Vienna, Austria

Table of contents

• Cover
• DEDICATION
• ABSTRACT
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• ZUSAMMENFASSUNG
• Table of Contents
• CHAPTER I
• CHAPTER II
• CHAPTER III
• CHAPTER IV
• CHAPTER V
• CHAPTER VI
• CHAPTER VII
• CHAPTER VIII
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIXES