Ugandan English : its sociolinguistics, structure and uses in a globalising post-protectorate / edited by Christiane Meierkord, Bebwa Isingoma, Saudah Namyalo.
Index. Claudia Rathore-Nigsch and Daniel Schreier -- Indian English in Uganda : the historical sociolinguistics of a migrant community / Towards assessing the space of English in Uganda's linguistic ecology : facts and issues / Saudah Namyalo, Bebwa Isingoma and Christiane Meierkord -- A social history of English(es) in Uganda / Christiane Meierkord -- Functions of English in multilingual Uganda today The sociolinguistic situation of English in Uganda : a case of language attitudes and beliefs / Judith Nakayiza -- Tensions between English medium and mother tongue education in rural Ugandan primary schools : an ethnographic investigation / Medadi E Ssentanda -- Features of Ugandan English -- Diphthongs in Ugandan English : evidence for and against variety status and Interactions across Englishes / Christiane Meierkord -- Lexical borrowings and caiques in Ugandan English / Bebwa Isingoma -- The use of the progressive in Ugandan English / Jude Ssempuuma, Bebwa Isingoma and Christiane Meierkord -- The use of ditransitive constructions in Ugandan English / Bebwa Isingoma -- Speech acts in Ugandan English social letters : investigating the influence of sociocultural context / Christiane Meierkord -- Ugandan English and beyond -- Indian English in Uganda : the historical sociolinguistics of a migrant community / Claudia Rathore-Nigsch and Daniel Schreier -- Index.
Summary:
Ugandan English is a variety that has scarcely been noticed in past research. This timely volume brings together African and European scholars in a first-ever collection of articles that offer comprehensive discussions of the historical and present-day sociolinguistics of English in Uganda and fine-grained analyses of the structural characteristics of and attitudes to this hitherto largely unknown variety. Using rich archive, corpus, and interview data as well as ethnographic and observational methods, the various contributions paint a comprehensive picture of Ugandan English as distinct from other East African Englishes and as characterized by nativisation despite a still strong exonormative orientation, reflecting the modern nation's status as a post-protectorate under the influence of globalisation. Apart from advancing our understanding of Ugandan English itself, the individual chapters contribute to theoretical debates on language contact and variation as regards the influence of substrate languages, founder populations, language ideologies and socio-economic factors.
Series:
Varieties of English Around the World, 0172-7362 ; G59
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