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Mbangwana, Paul – World Englishes, 1991
Examination of a new type of speech developing among students at the University of Yaounde reveals a highly coded usage that cuts outsiders off through the use of highly metaphorical, playful, and hermetic words that come from various sources and are reassigned different or refreshing meanings and the use of colorful expressions, word-blending,…
Descriptors: College Students, Dialects, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Holzknecht, Suzanne – World Englishes, 1989
Discusses the birthday notices that appear in the advertising section of the Papua New Guinea "Post Courier." The texts of these notices are analyzed from a sociolinguistic perspective, and their context is considered as a register of the variety of English that has become known as Papua New Guinea English. (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English, Foreign Countries, Grammar