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ERIC Number: EJ514874
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0784
English as an African Language.
Desai, Gaurav
English Today, v9 n2 p4-11 Apr 1993
Discusses the role of the English language in postcolonial African literature, focusing on the politics of language, "Africanized" English, and the social languages used in Chinua Achebe's novels and concludes that English today is as much an African language as a British or American one. (Contains 37 references.) (MDM)
Descriptors: African Literature, English, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Role, Language Usage, Political Attitudes, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Africa; English (African)