Luanga Adrien Kasanga
Biographic Data
| ID | 3789383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luanga Adrien Kasanga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luanga Adrien |
| FAMILY NAME | Kasanga |
| SIGNATURE | KASANGA L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bahrain |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Crossing in popular music in D.R. Congo
In the French-dominated multilingual D. R. Congo where Lingala music reigns supreme, it may seem unusual and unexpected to note the presence of English in lyrics where pervasive mixing of French in Lingala lyrics would be an unmarked phenomenon. This remarkable craze for English in Lingala lyrics in the 1970s and 1980s, by young musicians in a period where there was no obsession for, affiliation with, or inspiration from, the hip-hop movement whi…
Mapping the linguistic landscape of a commercial neighbourhood in Central Phnom Penh
This article examines the distributional pattern of signs in the linguistic landscape of a neighbourhood in the commercial district of Phonm Penh, Cambodia. Informed by the frameworks of ethnolinguistic vitality and ethnocultural stereotypes, it discusses the developing multilingualism from socio-economic and historical perspectives. An analysis of the language distribution shows that Khmer, the national and official language of Cambodia is, unsu…
English in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
D R Congo is an Expanding Circle space where English as a foreign language, mainly a school subject, has been used for special-purpose needs. However, spurred by the irrepressible globalization wind and the influx of foreign multinationals and fortune-seekers, its prestige has increased significantly. One result is its high visibility in the French-dominated linguistic landscape, mainly in advertising. While English in D R Congo's linguistic land…
English in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
D R Congo is an Expanding Circle space where English as a foreign language, mainly a school subject, has been used for special-purpose needs. However, spurred by the irrepressible globalization wind and the influx of foreign multinationals and fortune-seekers, its prestige has increased significantly. One result is its high visibility in the French-dominated linguistic landscape, mainly in advertising. While English in D R Congo's linguistic land…
Mapping the linguistic landscape of a commercial neighbourhood in Central Phnom Penh
This article examines the distributional pattern of signs in the linguistic landscape of a neighbourhood in the commercial district of Phonm Penh, Cambodia. Informed by the frameworks of ethnolinguistic vitality and ethnocultural stereotypes, it discusses the developing multilingualism from socio-economic and historical perspectives. An analysis of the language distribution shows that Khmer, the national and official language of Cambodia is, unsu…
Mapping the linguistic landscape of a commercial neighbourhood in Central Phnom Penh
This article examines the distributional pattern of signs in the linguistic landscape of a neighbourhood in the commercial district of Phonm Penh, Cambodia. Informed by the frameworks of ethnolinguistic vitality and ethnocultural stereotypes, it discusses the developing multilingualism from socio-economic and historical perspectives. An analysis of the language distribution shows that Khmer, the national and official language of Cambodia is, unsu…
English in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
D R Congo is an Expanding Circle space where English as a foreign language, mainly a school subject, has been used for special-purpose needs. However, spurred by the irrepressible globalization wind and the influx of foreign multinationals and fortune-seekers, its prestige has increased significantly. One result is its high visibility in the French-dominated linguistic landscape, mainly in advertising. While English in D R Congo's linguistic land…
Crossing in popular music in D.R. Congo
In the French-dominated multilingual D. R. Congo where Lingala music reigns supreme, it may seem unusual and unexpected to note the presence of English in lyrics where pervasive mixing of French in Lingala lyrics would be an unmarked phenomenon. This remarkable craze for English in Lingala lyrics in the 1970s and 1980s, by young musicians in a period where there was no obsession for, affiliation with, or inspiration from, the hip-hop movement whi…
Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Foreign language (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistic landscape (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)