African Linguistics
The research group in African linguistics at the Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian studies consists of both senior researchers, PhD-fellows and postdocs, together with students.
Village life in Adamaoua, Cameroon
Photo: B. Kjelsvik
What do we do?
The research group members work on different aspects of language in Africa. We have particular research interests in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Mali, Mozambique, South-Africa and Zimbabwe.
The research field
African language matters is a wide-ranging research field that covers anything from linguistic description and analysis of particular languages to complex sociolinguistic studies both in Africa and among Africans in diaspora all over the world.
Published Mar 18, 2011 02:14 PM
- Last modified Feb 12, 2013 12:21 PM
