Publications

Publication details [#56422]

Kouega, Jean-Paul and A. W. Ndzotom. 2012. Multilingualism in religious settings in Cameroon: the case of the UEBC-Espérance parish in Yaoundé. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 218 : 121–143.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

church ceremony | functions of language | language choice | language use | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Duala | French | Fulfulde

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This article explores (the reasons underlying) the language choices of the religious institution of UEBC-Espérance parish in Yaoundé (Cameroon), when performing their Fulfulde and French-Duala church services on Sunday.