WILLIAM SAMARIN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5179363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | WILLIAM SAMARIN |
| GIVEN NAMES | WILLIAM |
| FAMILY NAME | SAMARIN |
| SIGNATURE | SAMARIN W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The creation and critique of a Central African myth
In opposition to my reconstruction of the origin of Sango — the lingua franca and official language of the Central African Republic — is that of M. Diki-Kidiri. His I characterize as mythic, motivated by ideology and not grounded on historic and linguistic facts. Whereas I have argued that Sango emerged because of the pidginization of Ngbandi dialects at the very beginning of the colonization of the region, Diki-Kidiri allèges that it simply evol…
La politique indigène in the history of Bangui
This paper documents the difficulties that the French had during their first decade at Bangui, established as their furthest outpost on the Ubangi River in 1889. It is argued that the problem was fundamentally one of race relations. The explanation for bad relations finds all participants at fault : the local people for persisting in their theft, the African personnel of the whites for their misinformation and for oppressing the people, and the F…
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Linguistics
La politique indigène in the history of Bangui
This paper documents the difficulties that the French had during their first decade at Bangui, established as their furthest outpost on the Ubangi River in 1889. It is argued that the problem was fundamentally one of race relations. The explanation for bad relations finds all participants at fault : the local people for persisting in their theft, the African personnel of the whites for their misinformation and for oppressing the people, and the F…
The creation and critique of a Central African myth
In opposition to my reconstruction of the origin of Sango — the lingua franca and official language of the Central African Republic — is that of M. Diki-Kidiri. His I characterize as mythic, motivated by ideology and not grounded on historic and linguistic facts. Whereas I have argued that Sango emerged because of the pidginization of Ngbandi dialects at the very beginning of the colonization of the region, Diki-Kidiri allèges that it simply evol…
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