African Englishes

This book investigates the functions and linguistics of African Englishes, and what this means for languages indigenous to Africa.This book's call for urgent reconsideration and retheorisation of African Englishes will be an important read for scholars across linguistics, African Studies, and world Englishes.

Collen Sabao is an Associate Professor Linguistics, Literature and Communication in the Department of Humanities and Arts at the University of Namibia. Prof. Sabao's research interests lie in the areas of Phonetics and Phonology, Political Discourse, Media Discourse, Pan Africanism, Afrocentricity, Appraisal Theory, Argumentation, World Literatures and Rhetoric. He has published extensively in these areas, with quite a sizeable number of journal articles and chapters in internationally referred publications. Esther Mavengano, is a lecturer who teaches Linguistics and Literature in the Department of English and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts at Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. She holds a PhD in Linguistics and Literary Studies obtained from North West University in Mafikeng, South Africa. Her research areas maintain the interface of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics and Anglophone African literary studies.

1. 2.The Complicated Dynamic History of African Englishes and Challenging Linguistic Pyramids. 3. Towards Assimilation and Elision in English language in Cameroon: A Study of the University of Dschang 4. Rejecting Narratives of Marginalisation and Endangerment: The Future of Zambian Indigenous Languages in the Era of Supposed English Domination 5. The Sociolinguistic Description of Tanzanian English: A Perspective on Nativisation 6. The Future of the English Language in South Africa: Protest and Promise of a New Dispensation 7. 8. Tanzanian English and the Ideological Politics of Language in Concepts, "Good" and "Bad" English (es) in Public Secondary Schools 9. 10. The Future is Bright: The Dominance of English and the Decline of Sesotho in a Changing Society, Lesotho 11. The 'English' Divide: Navigating Linguistic Hierarchies in the Post-Colony, Botswana 12. Englishisation of the Oshiwambo language in Namibia 13. Semantics of Selected Social Media Expressions and Their Impact on Students Learning Skills: A Case Study of Bertoua University Learners 14. Acceptability of Grammatical Features in Educated Ghanaian English, Using Tolerability Scale 15. Western "Standard Englishes" and "Cameroon Englishes": Why not partners? 16. Beyond Language Blends in New Englishes: Rethinking Cultural Linguistic Empowerment and Exploring True Emancipation in African Literature 17. The Transformative Influence of Indigenous Languages on African Englishes 18. African Englishes: Through Our Voices, We Reclaim Our Narrative