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Anchimbe, Eric A.:
Constructing a Diaspora Anglophone Cameroonian Identity Online.
In: Taiwo, Rotimi
(ed.):
Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication : Language Structures and Social Interaction. -
Hershey
: Information Science Reference
,
2010
. - pp. 130-144
ISBN 978-1-61520-774-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-773-2.ch008
Abstract in another language
The chapter illustrates how Cameroonians living in the diaspora discursively construct their identity as anglophones, i.e., as coming from the anglophone part of the country (the North West and South West Regions) in online interactions. In order to do so, they draw from several sources: the colonial history and heritage of the country, the geographical origins of the anglophones, and the linguistic factor: the use of English. Emphasising certain traits that make them different and superior, the anglophones create an in-group almost on par with ethnicity. This in-group is recreated discursively in the data used here. The data were collected from the interactive feature of The Post Newspaper, online version. The chapter concludes that virtual identity construction follows similar strategies as real identities in non-virtual communities albeit differences imposed by the medium.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a book |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Languages and Literature > Chair English Linguistics > Chair English Linguistics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Mühleisen Research Networks > African Studies Graduate Schools > BIGSAS |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 400 Language > 400 Language 400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 420 English, Old English languages |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2026 05:26 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2026 05:26 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/96870 |