Nassenstein, Nico (2019). Speaking with a Difference: Border Thinking in Rufumbira. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
The present study approaches variation in Rufumbira, a Bantu language of southwestern Uganda and a variety of Kinyarwanda (JD60) from the angle of variationist sociolinguistics and postcolonial linguistics. By analyzing 'border thinking' in Rufumbira, the thesis intends to give a sociohistorical overview of the emergence of the language and likewise aims at discussing the most salient structural differences between Rufumbira and (standardized) Kinyarwanda. Apart from phonological and morphosyntactic divergence, the main focus lies on the social meaning of linguistic variation across and within the border triangle of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo, taking alternative approaches into account on how to conceptualize the colonial and geographical as well as linguistic and cultural boundaries in this contact zone.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-100823 | ||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities | ||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Afrikanistik und Ägyptologie | ||||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | Language, Linguistics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date of oral exam: | 16 November 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Funders: | Bischöfliche Studienförderung Cusanuswerk e.V. | ||||||||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/10082 |
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