Gilbert Tagne Safotso
Biographic Data
| ID | 9758915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gilbert Tagne Safotso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gilbert Tagne |
| FAMILY NAME | Safotso |
| SIGNATURE | SAFOTSO G T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Dschang |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5457-0928 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Addressing Global Challenges from a Linguistic Perspective
Globally, human beings have always faced numerous problems, such as drought, floods, wars, etc. At this dawn of the twenty first century, the world is experiencing unprecedented challenges which may likely get worse. Climate change, wars with their millions of refugees, natural and man-made disasters, epidemics, food security, deforestation, and political disturbances are among the most recurrent problems. Many solutions have been tried with litt…
Towards a Multiple Language Shift in Cameroon
This paper examines Cameroonians’ use / attitudes to French, English, Cameroon home languages, and other variables to better project the future of those languages in Cameroon. The data analysed were collected through a questionnaire administered to 349 secondary school learners of three regions of Cameroon and 943 students of the Universities of Dschang, Douala, Buea and Maroua (N=1292). The findings show that a few young Cameroonians speak their…
Chadian Learners’/Users’ Preferred Variety(ies) of English
Although French and Arabic are the official languages of Chad, for the past twenty years Chadian learners and users of English have been having a strong interest in the language. Their number in Cameroonian, Nigerian, Ghanaian and Sudanese universities as well as in linguistic centres in N’Djamena testifies to this. It can be said that the petrol boom in the country has really changed the attitudes of Chadians towards English. They see in it the …
Neologisms and Cameroonisms in Cameroon English and Cameroon Francophone English
Language learning/use is a very delicate task. When a learner/user of a given language is confronted with a difficulty, he/she is forced to create to communicate. This can be observed in most New Englishes. Those varieties of English abound in neologisms and local languages items. From an interlanguage frame, this study looks at some neologisms and Cameroonisms in Cameroon English (CamE) / Cameroon Francophone English (CamFE). The data come from …
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Chadian Learners’/Users’ Preferred Variety(ies) of English
Although French and Arabic are the official languages of Chad, for the past twenty years Chadian learners and users of English have been having a strong interest in the language. Their number in Cameroonian, Nigerian, Ghanaian and Sudanese universities as well as in linguistic centres in N’Djamena testifies to this. It can be said that the petrol boom in the country has really changed the attitudes of Chadians towards English. They see in it the …
Neologisms and Cameroonisms in Cameroon English and Cameroon Francophone English
Language learning/use is a very delicate task. When a learner/user of a given language is confronted with a difficulty, he/she is forced to create to communicate. This can be observed in most New Englishes. Those varieties of English abound in neologisms and local languages items. From an interlanguage frame, this study looks at some neologisms and Cameroonisms in Cameroon English (CamE) / Cameroon Francophone English (CamFE). The data come from …
Towards a Multiple Language Shift in Cameroon
This paper examines Cameroonians’ use / attitudes to French, English, Cameroon home languages, and other variables to better project the future of those languages in Cameroon. The data analysed were collected through a questionnaire administered to 349 secondary school learners of three regions of Cameroon and 943 students of the Universities of Dschang, Douala, Buea and Maroua (N=1292). The findings show that a few young Cameroonians speak their…
Addressing Global Challenges from a Linguistic Perspective
Globally, human beings have always faced numerous problems, such as drought, floods, wars, etc. At this dawn of the twenty first century, the world is experiencing unprecedented challenges which may likely get worse. Climate change, wars with their millions of refugees, natural and man-made disasters, epidemics, food security, deforestation, and political disturbances are among the most recurrent problems. Many solutions have been tried with litt…
Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)