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UC Berkeley L2 Journal Title Language Use in the Negotiation of Linguistic and Cultural Knowledge and the Sustenance of Online Diasporic Relations Publication Date The Role of the Internet in the Maintenance of Diasporic Relations: The Case of Mungaka
2009
Journal L2 Journal
unpublished
With global immigration patterns, the movement of people has also meant the spread of languages. Mungaka, an indigenous language spoken in Bali, Cameroon, has moved to domains beyond its borders due to such migration patterns. Mbonbani is an online forum created to maintain communication between those who moved away and those who stayed. This study investigates language use and ideologies as manifested on this online forum and seeks to find out the following: 1) How does language use in an
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