Augustin Simo Bobda
Biographic Data
| ID | 96344 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Augustin Simo Bobda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Augustin Simo |
| FAMILY NAME | Bobda |
| SIGNATURE | BOBDA A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Yaoundé I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Word stress in Cameroon and Nigerian Englishes
The purpose of this paper is to study the strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians to cope with the notorious complexity of English word stress. Stress placement is similar among these two groups, but differs significantly from what obtains in traditional native English speech, received pronunciation (RP), for example. Some of the stress placement strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians, for some words, are the same as those used by RP…
The meaning of English words across cultures, with a focus on Cameroon and Hong Kong
A word, even when considered monosemic, generally has a cluster of meanings, depending on the mental representation of the referent by the speaker/writer or listener/reader. The variation is even more noticeable across cultures. This paper investigates the different ways in which cultural knowledge helps in the interpretation of English lexical items. After a brief review of the traditional World Englishes structural perspective, the paper analys…
Patterns of segment sequence simplification in some African Englishes 1
There is a wide range of segment simplification patterns across African English accents, which depend on the phonological context. This paper examines, in turn, the patterns of simplification in the nucleus, in the onset, in the coda and in intervocalic clusters. Simplification in the nucleus involves the monophthongisation of diphthongs and of triphthongs, as well as the disyllabification of triphthongs; the monophthongisation of diphthongs eith…
Some segmental rules of Nigerian English phonology
This paper discusses some major processes which characterise Nigerian English (NigE) phonology at the segmental level. After a review of patterns of realisation of English sounds in NigE, the paper identifies, analyses and names, where no previous names exist, the most salient contextual processes which can be considered the hallmarks of this variety of English. The next part of the analysis discusses the patterns of interaction of rules in NigE,…
Linguistic apartheid: English language policy in Africa
THIS paper examines English language policy in Africa from colonial times to the present day. Colonial policy was marked by a linguistic apartheid which consisted in driving Africans away from the language, first by limiting access to formal education, then by not showing much enthusiasm for teaching them the language, then at times preferring to encourage Pidgin English, and finally by encouraging deviant features. Linguistic apartheid continues…
The formation of regional and national features in African English pronunciation: An exploration of some non-interference factors
Serious studies on English pronunciation in Africa, which are only beginning, have so far highlighted the regional and sociolinguistic distribution of some features on the continent. The present paper revisits some aspects of these studies and presents a sort of pronunciation atlas on the basis of some selected features. But more importantly, the paper examines how these features are formed. It considers, but goes beyond, the over-used theory of …
An account of distinctive phonetic and lexical features of Gambian English
The article discusses the specific features of the English used in The Gambia by looking at the phonetic and lexical markers that distinguish Gambian English from the other national varieties of West African English. The study shows that Gambian English has a number of established and exclusive features owing to the formation of a national norm and the influence of certain indigenous languages, yielding a national quasi-standard easy to identify
East and Southern African English accents
This paper discusses English pronunciation features in the anglophone countries of East and Southern Africa. The focus is on the restructuring of the STRUT vowel to /a/, /i/ and /ε/ epenthesis, and short tone groups. More importantly, the features which associate with some countries or groups of countries are shown. For example, rhoticity is a feature of Sudanese and Somalian Englishes; the restructuring of the NURSE vowel to /a/ across the board…
English pronunciation in sub-Saharan Africa as illustrated by the Nurse vowel
A comprehensive and innovative review of speech patterns in West, East and Southern Africa
Comparing Some Phonological Features Across African Accents of English
French in West Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
The French language policy of France in West Africa in the colonial period was that of assimilation, elitism, and repression of African languages. The postindependence local masters continued the same policy, and it took time and a lot of pressure for the callfor the promotion of these languages to be heeded. The use of French in West Africa today shows a lot ofvariability: afunction ofthe country considered, the locality, the dominant religion, …
Identifying regional and national orin of English-speaking Africans seeking asylum in German
Faced with the influx of asylum seekers without reliable identification, some European countries have started to resort to the analysis of spoken texts produced by the applicants to trace their true origins. This has triggered a hot debate among politicians, non-governmental organizations and academics. Ethical and scientific considerations are the two main poles of the debate. On the scientific front, the question is whether it is possible to de…
The Trilateral Process in Cameroon English Phonology: Underlying Representations and Phonological Processes in Non-Native Englishes
With reference to Cameroon English (CamE), this paper proposes another way of analysing non-native English features: differing from the traditional approach which limits itself to surface forms, the paper proposes the tracing of deviations down to the underlying representation (UR) and suggests that RP URs (A) are restructured to autonomous CamE URs (B). While A undergoes RP phonological rules to surface as A', B may fail to undergo these process…
British or American English: Does it matter
A consideration of how important the differences between the two varieties may be for the purposes of world communication
Further demystifying word stress
A reply to and development of David Taylor's ‘Demystifying word stress’ ( ET 48, Oct 96)
The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon
Lexical innovation processes in Cameroon English
Cameroon English (CamE) acquires new lexical items through diverse processes. It uses various kinds of loans from French, Pidgin English and indigenous languages, whose full incorporation into CamE has been established by earlier availability and acceptability tests. Internal processes responsible for lexical innovation include semantic extension, semantic shift, derivation by prefixation, suffixation, conversion and back derivation, compounding,…
English pronunciation in Cameroon: Conflicts and consequences
This paper shows that American, Nigerian, idiosyncratic and typically Cameroonian features compete with RP forms in the pronunciation of English in Cameroon. This phenomenon is most interestingly illustrated in the speech of broadcasters and teachers. This poses, at the social level, the problem of acceptance by an individual of other models and their speakers, as well as the problem of intelligibility. At the pedagogical level arises the problem…
Comparing Some Phonological Features Across African Accents of English
Some segmental rules of Nigerian English phonology
This paper discusses some major processes which characterise Nigerian English (NigE) phonology at the segmental level. After a review of patterns of realisation of English sounds in NigE, the paper identifies, analyses and names, where no previous names exist, the most salient contextual processes which can be considered the hallmarks of this variety of English. The next part of the analysis discusses the patterns of interaction of rules in NigE,…
The formation of regional and national features in African English pronunciation: An exploration of some non-interference factors
Serious studies on English pronunciation in Africa, which are only beginning, have so far highlighted the regional and sociolinguistic distribution of some features on the continent. The present paper revisits some aspects of these studies and presents a sort of pronunciation atlas on the basis of some selected features. But more importantly, the paper examines how these features are formed. It considers, but goes beyond, the over-used theory of …
Word stress in Cameroon and Nigerian Englishes
The purpose of this paper is to study the strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians to cope with the notorious complexity of English word stress. Stress placement is similar among these two groups, but differs significantly from what obtains in traditional native English speech, received pronunciation (RP), for example. Some of the stress placement strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians, for some words, are the same as those used by RP…
East and Southern African English accents
This paper discusses English pronunciation features in the anglophone countries of East and Southern Africa. The focus is on the restructuring of the STRUT vowel to /a/, /i/ and /ε/ epenthesis, and short tone groups. More importantly, the features which associate with some countries or groups of countries are shown. For example, rhoticity is a feature of Sudanese and Somalian Englishes; the restructuring of the NURSE vowel to /a/ across the board…
Lexical innovation processes in Cameroon English
Cameroon English (CamE) acquires new lexical items through diverse processes. It uses various kinds of loans from French, Pidgin English and indigenous languages, whose full incorporation into CamE has been established by earlier availability and acceptability tests. Internal processes responsible for lexical innovation include semantic extension, semantic shift, derivation by prefixation, suffixation, conversion and back derivation, compounding,…
The meaning of English words across cultures, with a focus on Cameroon and Hong Kong
A word, even when considered monosemic, generally has a cluster of meanings, depending on the mental representation of the referent by the speaker/writer or listener/reader. The variation is even more noticeable across cultures. This paper investigates the different ways in which cultural knowledge helps in the interpretation of English lexical items. After a brief review of the traditional World Englishes structural perspective, the paper analys…
French in West Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
The French language policy of France in West Africa in the colonial period was that of assimilation, elitism, and repression of African languages. The postindependence local masters continued the same policy, and it took time and a lot of pressure for the callfor the promotion of these languages to be heeded. The use of French in West Africa today shows a lot ofvariability: afunction ofthe country considered, the locality, the dominant religion, …
English pronunciation in Cameroon: Conflicts and consequences
This paper shows that American, Nigerian, idiosyncratic and typically Cameroonian features compete with RP forms in the pronunciation of English in Cameroon. This phenomenon is most interestingly illustrated in the speech of broadcasters and teachers. This poses, at the social level, the problem of acceptance by an individual of other models and their speakers, as well as the problem of intelligibility. At the pedagogical level arises the problem…
Lexical innovation processes in Cameroon English
Cameroon English (CamE) acquires new lexical items through diverse processes. It uses various kinds of loans from French, Pidgin English and indigenous languages, whose full incorporation into CamE has been established by earlier availability and acceptability tests. Internal processes responsible for lexical innovation include semantic extension, semantic shift, derivation by prefixation, suffixation, conversion and back derivation, compounding,…
The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon
Further demystifying word stress
A reply to and development of David Taylor's ‘Demystifying word stress’ ( ET 48, Oct 96)
British or American English: Does it matter
A consideration of how important the differences between the two varieties may be for the purposes of world communication
Identifying regional and national orin of English-speaking Africans seeking asylum in German
Faced with the influx of asylum seekers without reliable identification, some European countries have started to resort to the analysis of spoken texts produced by the applicants to trace their true origins. This has triggered a hot debate among politicians, non-governmental organizations and academics. Ethical and scientific considerations are the two main poles of the debate. On the scientific front, the question is whether it is possible to de…
The Trilateral Process in Cameroon English Phonology: Underlying Representations and Phonological Processes in Non-Native Englishes
With reference to Cameroon English (CamE), this paper proposes another way of analysing non-native English features: differing from the traditional approach which limits itself to surface forms, the paper proposes the tracing of deviations down to the underlying representation (UR) and suggests that RP URs (A) are restructured to autonomous CamE URs (B). While A undergoes RP phonological rules to surface as A', B may fail to undergo these process…
English pronunciation in sub-Saharan Africa as illustrated by the Nurse vowel
A comprehensive and innovative review of speech patterns in West, East and Southern Africa
Comparing Some Phonological Features Across African Accents of English
French in West Africa: A Sociolinguistic Perspective
The French language policy of France in West Africa in the colonial period was that of assimilation, elitism, and repression of African languages. The postindependence local masters continued the same policy, and it took time and a lot of pressure for the callfor the promotion of these languages to be heeded. The use of French in West Africa today shows a lot ofvariability: afunction ofthe country considered, the locality, the dominant religion, …
East and Southern African English accents
This paper discusses English pronunciation features in the anglophone countries of East and Southern Africa. The focus is on the restructuring of the STRUT vowel to /a/, /i/ and /ε/ epenthesis, and short tone groups. More importantly, the features which associate with some countries or groups of countries are shown. For example, rhoticity is a feature of Sudanese and Somalian Englishes; the restructuring of the NURSE vowel to /a/ across the board…
The formation of regional and national features in African English pronunciation: An exploration of some non-interference factors
Serious studies on English pronunciation in Africa, which are only beginning, have so far highlighted the regional and sociolinguistic distribution of some features on the continent. The present paper revisits some aspects of these studies and presents a sort of pronunciation atlas on the basis of some selected features. But more importantly, the paper examines how these features are formed. It considers, but goes beyond, the over-used theory of …
An account of distinctive phonetic and lexical features of Gambian English
The article discusses the specific features of the English used in The Gambia by looking at the phonetic and lexical markers that distinguish Gambian English from the other national varieties of West African English. The study shows that Gambian English has a number of established and exclusive features owing to the formation of a national norm and the influence of certain indigenous languages, yielding a national quasi-standard easy to identify
Linguistic apartheid: English language policy in Africa
THIS paper examines English language policy in Africa from colonial times to the present day. Colonial policy was marked by a linguistic apartheid which consisted in driving Africans away from the language, first by limiting access to formal education, then by not showing much enthusiasm for teaching them the language, then at times preferring to encourage Pidgin English, and finally by encouraging deviant features. Linguistic apartheid continues…
Patterns of segment sequence simplification in some African Englishes 1
There is a wide range of segment simplification patterns across African English accents, which depend on the phonological context. This paper examines, in turn, the patterns of simplification in the nucleus, in the onset, in the coda and in intervocalic clusters. Simplification in the nucleus involves the monophthongisation of diphthongs and of triphthongs, as well as the disyllabification of triphthongs; the monophthongisation of diphthongs eith…
Some segmental rules of Nigerian English phonology
This paper discusses some major processes which characterise Nigerian English (NigE) phonology at the segmental level. After a review of patterns of realisation of English sounds in NigE, the paper identifies, analyses and names, where no previous names exist, the most salient contextual processes which can be considered the hallmarks of this variety of English. The next part of the analysis discusses the patterns of interaction of rules in NigE,…
The meaning of English words across cultures, with a focus on Cameroon and Hong Kong
A word, even when considered monosemic, generally has a cluster of meanings, depending on the mental representation of the referent by the speaker/writer or listener/reader. The variation is even more noticeable across cultures. This paper investigates the different ways in which cultural knowledge helps in the interpretation of English lexical items. After a brief review of the traditional World Englishes structural perspective, the paper analys…
Word stress in Cameroon and Nigerian Englishes
The purpose of this paper is to study the strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians to cope with the notorious complexity of English word stress. Stress placement is similar among these two groups, but differs significantly from what obtains in traditional native English speech, received pronunciation (RP), for example. Some of the stress placement strategies used by Cameroonians and Nigerians, for some words, are the same as those used by RP…
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