Korle meets the sea : a sociolinguistic history of Accra

Author(s)

• Kropp Dakubu, M. E. (Mary Esther)

Bibliographic Information

Korle meets the sea : a sociolinguistic history of Accra

M.E. Kropp Dakubu

Oxford University Press, 1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-197) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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 Ghanaians 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 affected Ghanaian society.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA34883789
• ISBN:
  • 019506061X
• LCCN: 96042391
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 216 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P115.5.G4
  • DC20 : 306.4/46/09667
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multilingualism -- Ghana -- Accra
  • LCSH : Accra (Ghana) -- Languages