Korle Meets the Sea : a Sociolinguistic History of Accra.

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Author / Creator:Kropp Dakubu, M. E. (Mary Esther)
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:1 online resource (235 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11285629
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ISBN:9780195345186
0195345185
1280524219
9781280524219
Notes:English.
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Summary:For centuries, Accra, the capital of Ghana, has been a linguistic anomaly that contains 44 indigenous languages, of which most members of its population speak at least two, Using linguistic, historical, and ethnographic techniques, Dakubu explores the origins and durability of this multilingualism and how it has affected Ghanaian society.
Other form:Print version: 9780195060614