Contact Information
Dept. of Linguistics, MC-168
707 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
USA
Office: 4038 Foreign Languages Bldg.
Research Areas
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, Linguistics
Recent Publications
Bokamba, E. G. (2019). Nationalism and the emergence of Lingala as a supranational language in DR Congo. World Englishes, 38(1-2), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12393
Bokamba, E. G. (2018). Multilingualism and theories of second language acquisition in Africa. World Englishes, 37(3), 432-446. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12330
Bokamba, E. G. (2015). African Englishes and creative writing. World Englishes, 34(3), 315-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12145
Bokamba, E. G. (2015). Multilingualism as a sociolinguistic phenomenon: Evidence from Africa. In Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education (pp. 21-48). Georgetown University Press.
Bokamba, E. G. (2014). Language Policy and Identity Construction: The Dynamics of Cameroon's Multilingualism. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 18(3), 408-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12087