Cameroon

This Volume On The Cameroonian English Contains Two Main Sections. The First Section Is Devoted To The History Of Language Contact In Cameroon (contact With Islam And Contact With Europeans); The Development Of English In Cameroon; The Teaching Of English In Cameroon In Various Stages Of Its History; And On Idiosyncratic Aspects Of This Variety Of English. The Second Section Is The Text Part Of The Volume Consisting Of Sixteen Printed Texts (mostly Modern But Also Five Extracts Of Historical Significance), Eleven Written Texts (essays On Pedagogical Subjects, Personal Letters, A Folk History, An Academic Paper, And Literary Extracts) And 13 Oral Texts (interviews, Radio). These Texts Have Been Selected Because Of Their Linguistic Interest And Because Of The Information They Provide On Cameroonian Life And Culture.