African Englishn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌafrᵻk(ə)n ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˌæfrək(ə)n ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: African adj., English n.

Etymology: < African adj. + English n.

A. n.

Any of several varieties of English spoken in Africa, chiefly as a second language by speakers of African languages.There are significant differences between regions, for example in the pronunciation of vowels in West Africa and southern Africa.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > African English or idiom of

Africanism1641

African English1834

South Africanism1878

1834 C. L. F. Haensel Jrnl. 6 Jan. in Missionary Herald (Boston) (1835) Feb. 72/2 It must be understood here, that the word ‘curse’ is, in the broken African-English, generally used for ‘mock’, or ‘speak ill of’.

1873 Times 26 Nov. 4/5 English is fast making its way everywhere, although at present African-English is generally like Chinese ‘Pidgeon-English’ [sic].

1895 Atalanta 1 Dec. 216/2 Let me give you, in conclusion, a bona fide example of African English copied..from a board over an eating-house at Old Calabar.

1959 Lok Sabha Deb. (India) 30 13387 We will have not only the Englishman's English, we will have to take into account American English, Australian English, African English, and Indian English.

1975 P. Christophersen in J. L. Dillard Perspectives on Black Eng. 203 Secondly there is educated African English. This is characterized by an accent which is very different from any other English accent.

1982 J. C. Wells Accents of Eng. III. ix. 637 Absence of this distinction [sc. between /i:/ and / i/] is one of the most characteristic features of African English, with homophones such as leave–live, beat–bit, seen–sin.

1993 Eng. Today Jan. 28/1 The roots of Southern African Black English, or African English, lie in the missionary institutions of the Cape (especially the eastern Cape) and Natal in the 19th century.

2007 F. Sharifian & G. B. Palmer Appl. Cultural Linguistics i. 11 They follow a corpus-based approach to identify dominant cultural conceptualisations that are reflected in two corpora of African English.

B. adj.

Of the English spoken in Africa, chiefly as a second language; written or spoken in such English.

ΚΠ

1971 K. C. Chapman tr. B. B. Dadié Climbié p. viii We hope that French-speaking scholars and writers will make available to their communities much more African-English writing.

2006 J. Svartvik & G. Leech Eng.—One Tongue, Many Voices vi. 116 African English pronunciation tends to be syllable-timed (like the native Bantu languages of Africa, and also, incidentally, languages as remote as French and Japanese).

2007 F. Sharifian & G. B. Palmer Appl. Cultural Linguistics i. 11 Polzenhagen and Wolf employ the notions of ‘conceptual metaphor’, ‘cultural model’, and ‘cultural schema’ to investigate African English expressions from the domains of political leadership, wealth and corruption.

2011 G. L. Creese New Afr. Diaspora Vancouver ii. 46 Discrediting forms of African English speech as inadequate for professional practice undermined African immigrants' linguistic capital in Canadian post-secondary institutions.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	african english
释义	African Englishn.adj. Brit. /ˌafrᵻk(ə)n ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/, U.S. /ˌæfrək(ə)n ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: African adj., English n. Etymology: < African adj. + English n. A. n. Any of several varieties of English spoken in Africa, chiefly as a second language by speakers of African languages.There are significant differences between regions, for example in the pronunciation of vowels in West Africa and southern Africa. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > African English or idiom of Africanism1641 African English1834 South Africanism1878 1834 C. L. F. Haensel Jrnl. 6 Jan. in Missionary Herald (Boston) (1835) Feb. 72/2 It must be understood here, that the word ‘curse’ is, in the broken African-English, generally used for ‘mock’, or ‘speak ill of’. 1873 Times 26 Nov. 4/5 English is fast making its way everywhere, although at present African-English is generally like Chinese ‘Pidgeon-English’ [sic]. 1895 Atalanta 1 Dec. 216/2 Let me give you, in conclusion, a bona fide example of African English copied..from a board over an eating-house at Old Calabar. 1959 Lok Sabha Deb. (India) 30 13387 We will have not only the Englishman's English, we will have to take into account American English, Australian English, African English, and Indian English. 1975 P. Christophersen in J. L. Dillard Perspectives on Black Eng. 203 Secondly there is educated African English. This is characterized by an accent which is very different from any other English accent. 1982 J. C. Wells Accents of Eng. III. ix. 637 Absence of this distinction [sc. between /i:/ and / i/] is one of the most characteristic features of African English, with homophones such as leave–live, beat–bit, seen–sin. 1993 Eng. Today Jan. 28/1 The roots of Southern African Black English, or African English, lie in the missionary institutions of the Cape (especially the eastern Cape) and Natal in the 19th century. 2007 F. Sharifian & G. B. Palmer Appl. Cultural Linguistics i. 11 They follow a corpus-based approach to identify dominant cultural conceptualisations that are reflected in two corpora of African English. B. adj. Of the English spoken in Africa, chiefly as a second language; written or spoken in such English. ΚΠ 1971 K. C. Chapman tr. B. B. Dadié Climbié p. viii We hope that French-speaking scholars and writers will make available to their communities much more African-English writing. 2006 J. Svartvik & G. Leech Eng.—One Tongue, Many Voices vi. 116 African English pronunciation tends to be syllable-timed (like the native Bantu languages of Africa, and also, incidentally, languages as remote as French and Japanese). 2007 F. Sharifian & G. B. Palmer Appl. Cultural Linguistics i. 11 Polzenhagen and Wolf employ the notions of ‘conceptual metaphor’, ‘cultural model’, and ‘cultural schema’ to investigate African English expressions from the domains of political leadership, wealth and corruption. 2011 G. L. Creese New Afr. Diaspora Vancouver ii. 46 Discrediting forms of African English speech as inadequate for professional practice undermined African immigrants' linguistic capital in Canadian post-secondary institutions. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1834
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