Essays about: "Rasmus Bernander"

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  1. 1. Contact induced change in Bena (G63) – A study of ‘swahilization’ in a Tanzanian vernacular language

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Rasmus Bernander; [2012-10-12]
    Keywords : African languages; Bantu; Bena; Swahili; contact linguistics; contact induced change; unequal bilingualism; swahilization ; vocabulary; loanwords; borrowing;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to describe how Swahili is influencing the vocabulary of Bena (G63), one of the vernacular languages of Tanzania. The paper is written within the field of contact linguistics and relies on theories on how the linguistic outcome of the dis-empowered language is affected in an intense and unequal language contact situation. READ MORE