TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boussougou,Sosth�ene
AU  - Menacere,Karim
TI  - The Impact of French on the African vernacular languages: for better or for worse? Gabon as a case study 
SN  - 1443883255
AV  - PC3680.A38 
U1  - 447.9 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - French language
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Gabon
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Interdisciplinary studies
KW  - Colonialism & imperialism
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - French
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Following independence from their respective colonial regimes, seventeen African countries adopted French as their national language. This political move has had a number of consequences, both positive and negative, leading to the central question of this book: was the adoption of French as their national language a blessing or a curse for these countries? Is Francophonie a symbol of unity, a means of networking for French speakers in a globalised world, offering a sense of belonging through linguistic and cross-cultural, shared values, or is it a form of cultural imperialism in disguise? The
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