Cameroon English

The Author: Eric A. Anchimbe holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Munich (LMU). His research domains include sociolinguistics, indigenised varieties of English, Pidgins and Creoles, applied linguistics, and pragmatics. He has published on language and identity, bilingualism, English language teaching, and world Englishes.

• Contents: Cameroon English – The spread of English and its quest for standards – Linguistic identity – Toward a theoretical framework for Cameroon English – Indigenised varieties of English – The filtration processes – Integrational filtration process – Attitudinal filtration process – The straightening effect – The quantity-quality value hypothesis – Pidgin English – Linguistic integration – Interference – Morphological, lexical, morpho-syntactic and semantic Cameroonianisms – Tracing the origins of Cameroonianisms.

«…well-written and well-researched throughout. The author argues his point convincingly and authoritatively, and shows an excellent command of the material and of the theoretical foundations of modern studies of varieties of English.» (Richard W. Janney)