02708nam 2200673Ia 450 991080741530332120200520144314.00-19-772183-41-280-52421-90-19-534518-510.1093/oso/9780195060614.001.0001(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(OCoLC)1406788507(StDuBDS)9780197721834(EXLCZ)99100000000040181119960816d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrKorle meets the sea a sociolinguistic history of Accra /M.E. Kropp Dakubu1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (235 p.)Oxford scholarship onlineBibliography: p183-197. _ Includes index.Previously issued in print: 1997.0-19-506061-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.Oxford scholarship online.Sociolinguistic history of AccraMultilingualismGhanaAccraAccra (Ghana)LanguagesMultilingualism306.4409667306.44609667Kropp Dakubu M. E(Mary Esther)1605758MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807415303321Korle meets the sea4190132UNINA