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English in Kenya or Kenyan English? (Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature) by Jacek Fisiak; Natalia Budohoska is a language available to read on EtoBox.
What is English in Kenya or Kenyan English? (Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature) about?
The book aims to recognize or reject English in Kenya as a new, emancipated variety of English developing in a multilingual environment of permanent language contact. It discusses in detail the sociolinguistic situation in contemporary Kenya based on Labov's extra-linguistic parameters and the results of a customized survey carried out by the author in Kenya. Furthermore, it identifies and describes characteristic stylistic, lexical, morphological and syntactic features of English in Kenya on th
Who reads English in Kenya or Kenyan English? (Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jacek Fisiak; Natalia Budohoska
- Publisher
- Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783653995435
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Criticism
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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