02409nam 2200577Ia 450 991078488870332120230421044736.00-19-772183-41-280-52421-90-19-534518-5(CKB)1000000000401811(EBL)271780(OCoLC)476008416(SSID)ssj0000301174(PQKBManifestationID)11273023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301174(PQKBWorkID)10264024(PQKB)11644561(Au-PeEL)EBL271780(CaPaEBR)ebr10278485(CaONFJC)MIL52421(OCoLC)466426332(MiAaPQ)EBC271780(EXLCZ)99100000000040181119960816d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKorle meets the sea[electronic resource] a sociolinguistic history of Accra /M.E. Kropp DakubuNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506061-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-197) and index.Contents; 1. A Dispute, a Saying, and Some Theory; 2. Multilingualism and the West African City; 3. Modern Multilingual Accra I; 4. Modern Multilingual Accra II; 5. To the Sea: The Formation of the Ga Language Community; 6. Upstream, Inland: Other People's Languages; 7. Beyond the Sea: Exotic Languages; 8. Flood Control: The Dynamics of Multilingualism; Notes; References; IndexFor centuries, Accra, the capital of Ghana, has been a linguistic anomaly that contains 44 indigenous languages, of which most members of its population speak at least two, Using linguistic, historical, and ethnographic techniques, Dakubu explores the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has affected Ghanaian society.MultilingualismGhanaAccraAccra (Ghana)LanguagesMultilingualism306.4409667306.44609667Kropp Dakubu M. E(Mary Esther)1493781MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784888703321Korle meets the sea3716911UNINA