Workshop, 10. and 11. April 2015
The workshop "Social network analysis and urban languages: Theories, methods, case studies" intends to bring together researchers interested in the field of variationist sociolinguistics in African language settings with a thematic focus on urban language practices and a regional focus on Northern Cameroon.
Abstracts
- Klaus Beyer & Raija Kramer
GU, Frankfurt a.M. & JGU, Mainz
Impressionistic sketch of Fulfulde variation in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon - Alexander Cobbinah
SOAS, London
Rural multilingualism and social networks in Southern Senegal (Casamance) - Carole de Féral
Université de Nice
On the importance of (not) being French in a multilingual setting: recording data in Cameroon - Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer
JGU, Mainz
Variance and diversity in Adamawa languages of the Alantika Mountains and Faro Basin - Holger Markgraf
JGU, Mainz
The Mbum of Ngaoundéré. Grammaticalization on the borderland between language contact and Variation - Nico Nassenstein
Universität Köln
Social Networks among Makerere University Students in Uganda: Reconsider-ing the analysis of community, variation and style in urban Kampala - Georg Ziegelmeyer
Universität Wien
Contact-induced changes in the languages of the wider Lake Chad region – What can they tell us about the speaker’s social interaction?