| Korle Meets the Sea: A Sociolinguistic History of Accra Contributor(s): Dakubu, Mary Esther Kropp (Author) |
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ISBN: 019506061X ISBN-13: 9780195060614 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1997 Annotation: 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 Ghanians 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 effected Ghanaian society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 306.446 |
| LCCN: 96042391 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.42" W x 9.4" (1.26 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Ghanians 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 effected Ghanaian society. |
