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Contact-induced Language Alternation in Tanzanian Ngoni – An Empirical Study of Frequency and Patterns

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dc.creator Rosendal, Tove
dc.creator Mapunda, Gastor
dc.date 2016-05-10T05:28:57Z
dc.date 2016-05-10T05:28:57Z
dc.date 2016-03-10
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:45:29Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:45:29Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1935
dc.identifier 10.1080/14790718.2016.1156684
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1935
dc.description The codeswitching pattern is different in rural Tanzania compared to urban agglomerations around the world. Even in very rural areas people in Tanzania are bilingual in Swahili, the national and local lingua franca, and their own first language. The result of this language contact is understudied and has only recently been focused on. This paper presents quantitative and qualitative results of a study of the language Ngoni in contact with Swahili. The study is based on photo elicitations about traditional artefacts and their use in one semi-urban and one remote rural village in Songea District, Ruvuma Region. Codeswitching is the unmarked choice among the Ngoni subsistence farmers in the area, even for old persons living in remote villages. The quantitative results are summed in relation to socio-demographic factors. Additionally, possible social and psycholinguistic factors, such as triggering, are discussed. The results give reason to concern regarding the future of Ngoni.
dc.description COSTECH, SIDA and WOTRO
dc.relation INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTILINGUALISM;
dc.subject Codeswitching
dc.subject Ngoni
dc.subject Quantitative
dc.subject Swahili
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Unmarked choice
dc.subject Elicitations
dc.title Contact-induced Language Alternation in Tanzanian Ngoni – An Empirical Study of Frequency and Patterns
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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