Kenyan English / / Alfred Buregeya.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Buregeya, Alfred,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Dialects of English [DOE] , 14
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIV, 258 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; 1. A brief history of English in multilingual Kenya --; 2. Geography, demography, and cultural factors --; 3. Phonetics and phonology --; 4. Morphology and syntax --; 5. Lexis and semantics --; 6. Discourse features --; 7. Survey of previous work and annotated bibliography --; 8. Sample texts --; 9. Conclusion --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781614516255; 9783110762464; 9783110719567; 9783110742978; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610307; 9783110606287
• ISSN: 2164-7445
• DOI: 10.1515/9781614516255
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alfred Buregeya.

English in Kenya is a stable post-colonial variety that is used as an inter-ethnic lingua franca in private domains, is the medium of instruction as well as the language spoken in parliament and court rooms. Yet so far no comprehensive research monograph on Kenyan English has been published that surveys its characteristic linguistic features. The present book closes this gap by giving a full description of the characteristic linguistic features of Kenyan English. The book provides an in-depth overview of Kenyan English phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics and also gives a meticulous account of the diachronic evolution of this post-colonial variety.