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Camfranglais: A novel slang in Cameroon schools

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2003

Jean-Paul Kouega
Affiliation:
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, where he now teaches English Phonology and Translation.

Extract

Camfranglais is a newly created language, a composite slang used by secondary school pupils in Cameroon, West Africa. It draws its lexicon from French, English, West African Pidgin, various Cameroonian indigenous languages, Latin, and Spanish. Secondary school pupils use it among themselves to exclude outsiders while talking about such matters of adolescent interest as food, drinks, money, sex, and physical looks. There are four sections: language in the Cameroon educational system; Camfranglais defined; an analysis of a sample Camfranglais text; and the semantic domains of Camfranglais. There is a glossary of the terms cited.

Type
Original Article
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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