Proceedings of the 7th World Congress of African Linguistics Buea 17-21 August 2012

<p>This book is a composite of 40 purely scientific and peer-reviewed papers presented during the Seventh World Congress of African Linguistics (WOCAL7) at the University of Buea Cameroon in 2012. The different chapters of the volume fall within the scope of African languages in relation to linguistics and other related disciplines where a varied range of theoretical examinations investigations and/or discussions as well as pure description of aspects of language are offered. For the purpose of clarity and easy accessibility of the content the chapters are further subcategorized into nine sections which include: Borrowing Discourse Analysis Historical Linguistics Intercultural Communication Language Documentation Language in Education Morpho-syntax Phonetics and Phonology and Sociolinguistics.</p>