The Englishization of Tanzanian Kiswahili: A study in language contact and convergence

The main focus of the study is to examine the Englishization of Tanzanian Kiswahili resulting from the contact between Kiswahili and English. A cusory examination of the research on bilingualism and multilingualism indicates that the vast majority of studies on language variation and change in African languages have generally been undertaken from the point of view of Africanization of European languages (e.g., Spencer 1971, Sey 1973, Angogo et al. 1980, Bokamba 1982, Chishimba 1984, Kamwangamalu 1989, Kapanga 1990, Schmeid 1990) among others. Practically no study up to date has examined the reverse phenomenon, the influence of European languages on African lingua francas. The absence of such studies leaves the erroneous impression that European languages have had no significant impact, for almost a century. The Europeanization of African languages is a very productive process as it will be attested in this study.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kishe, Anne Jestina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bokamba, Eyamba G.

• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Kishe, Anne Jestina

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543630
(UMI)AAI9543630

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19682