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English Language Variation: Creation of Zambian English (ZamEnglish)
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- In the present chapter, an attempt has been made to discuss the need to create Zambian English to address English language variations in Zambia. No language in the world can remain the same after interacting with other languages. The present chapter intends to propose and support the idea of using ‘Zambian English’ for both formal and informal business. Such a measure would create the communicative competence that the majority of the Zambians have always longed for. In Zambia, the purpose of using English language office is to deliberate day toIn the present chapter, an attempt has been made to discuss the need to create Zambian English to address English language variations in Zambia. No language in the world can remain the same after interacting with other languages. The present chapter intends to propose and support the idea of using ‘Zambian English’ for both formal and informal business. Such a measure would create the communicative competence that the majority of the Zambians have always longed for. In Zambia, the purpose of using English language office is to deliberate day to day’s business. On the contrary, this has been found to be an obstacle to those who lack principles of command in the language usage, but are able to construct sentences for communicative purposes yet are deprived in international interactions. The views expressed in this chapter are those of the language experts who were engaged in a conver� sation with regard to the possibility of creating what would be known as Zambian English (ZamEnglish).…
Autor(en): | Jive Lubbungu, Ireen Moonga, Audrey Muyuni, Samson Zimba |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296477 |
Dokumentart: | Aufsatz in einem Sammelband / Buchkapitel |
Institute der Universität: | Philosophische Fakultät (Histor., philolog., Kultur- und geograph. Wissensch.) / Neuphilologisches Institut - Moderne Fremdsprachen |
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: | Englisch |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes / der Zeitschrift (Englisch): | Studies in Modern English |
Herausgeber: | Nataliia Lazebna, Dinesh Kumar |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2022 |
Verlag: | Würzburg University Press |
Verlagsort: | Würzburg |
Seitenangabe: | 53-61 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-199-0-53 |
Allgemeine fachliche Zuordnung (DDC-Klassifikation): | 4 Sprache / 42 Englisch, Altenglisch / 420 Englisch, Altenglisch |
Freie Schlagwort(e): | Zambian English; language variation; speech community |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 12.12.2022 |
Sammlungen: | Sammel- und Konferenzbände (Edited volumes and conference proceedings) / Studies in Modern English / Beiträge (Contributions) |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | CC BY-SA: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung, Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |