Au-delà du parler urbain le camfranglais : Une identité du théâtre comique camerounais
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2020-03-15
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LA REVUE DE L’OBSERVATOIRE DU PLURILINGUISME EUROPÉEN
Abstract
The streets of African urban societies are increasingly becoming places for the creation and dissemination of endogenous varieties of the French language. These endogenous varieties are essentially characterized by the emergence of standards competing with the exogenous standard of hexagonal French, which by nature is purist. These urban-dialects are an important source of inspiration for literary writers linguistically in such a way that a good mastery of african literary texts requires a certain knowledge of the urban-dialects of the writer. This is the case of Camfranglais, Cameroonian urban-dialect, which is today a language code or better still a recognizable signature on the texts of Cameroonian literary writers. This article defines Camfranglais, specifies its features that is to say what makes the specificity of speech in Camfranglais. Based on the Camfranglais found in the selected comic short film, this article shows that Camfranglais, which was originally a medium for socializing young Cameroonians, is increasingly becoming the identity of Cameroonian comic creators. The article concludes that this language code allows authors to identify himself with the public and to speak out against social flaws without fear.
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Based on the Camfranglais found in the selected comic short film, this article shows that Camfranglais, which was originally a medium for socializing young Cameroonians, is increasingly becoming the identity of Cameroonian comic creators. The article concludes that this language code allows authors to identify himself with the public and to speak out against social flaws without fear.
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identity, theater, camfranglais, language youth, Cameroon