Language maintenance and shift in communities of oral tradition: The case of the Sillanko of Burkina Faso (West Africa)

The problem. This study investigates the ongoing sociolinguistic situation of the Sillanko, a linguistic minority of Burkina Faso (West Africa). The objective is to assess the chances for the Sillanko remaining a separate group and the risks for their becoming linguistically assimilated to the Moose or to the Fulbe, the two major ethnolinguistic groups they are in contact with.

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

• Kedrebeogo, Gerard

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bokamba, Eyamba G.

• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Kedrebeogo, Gerard

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9624384
(UMI)AAI9624384

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20498