Sociolinguistic Dynamics of Sango

SIL Electronic Survey Report Title Page
Thesis Title Page
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
List of 
Maps
Statement
Acknowledgements
Summary
Maps
Introduction
Chapter One: Background Informatlon
	1.1 General Information
	1.2 Geography
	1.3 Administration
	1.4 Demography
	1.5 Education
	1.6 Brief History
	1.7 The People
		1.7.1 Statistics
		1.7.2 The Pygmies
		1.7.3 Islamic Immigrants
		1.7.4 The Gbaya
		1.7.5 The Manza
		1.7.6 The Banda
		1.7.7 The Zande
		1.7.8 The Nzakara
		1.7.9 The Yakoma
		1.7.10 The Riverine Sango
		1.7.11 The Ngbaka and other
Bantu Speakers
		1.7.12 The Mbum
		1.7.13 Concluding Remarks
Chapter Two: The Languages of the C.A.R.
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Nilo-Saharan
	2.3 Afro-Asiatic
	2.4 Niger-Kordofanian
		2.4.1 Kordofanian
		2.4.2 Niger-Congo
	2.5 Typology of Niger-Congo Languages
	2.6 The Ubangi (Eastern) Languages
		2.6.1 Introduction
		2.6.2 Gbaya-Ngbaka-Manza
		2.6.3 Ngbandi-Sango-Kpatiri
		2.6.4 Sere-Ngbaka-Mbae
		2.6.5 Banda
		2.6.6 Zande-Nzakara
	2.7 Further Readings on Ubangui Languages
		2.7.1 Gbaya
		2.7.2 Ngbandi-Sango-Kpatiri
		2.7.3 Gbanziri-Sere-Ngbaka-Mba
		2.7.4 Banda
		2.7.5 Zande-Nzakara
	2.8 Sub-Saharan African Lingua Francas
		2.8.1 Introduction
		2.8.2 Hausa
		2.8.3 Lingala
		2.8.4 Kituba
		2.8.5 Swahili
		2.8.6 Fanakalo
		2.8.7 Pidgin A-70
		2.8.8 National Sango
			2.8.8.1 Origin and Development
			2.8.8.2 Sango the Lingua Franca
			2.8.8.3 Status and Function
			2.8.8.4 Previous Research Findings
			2.8.8.5 Further Readings on Sango
		2.8.9 Shared Features
Chapter Three: The Sociolinguistic Survey
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 The Authorities
	3.3 Mode of Transport and Research Assistants
	3.4 The Questionnaire
		3.4.1 Research Instrument
		3.4.2 Structure of the Sample
		3.4.3 Procedures
		3.4.4 Hypotheses
Chapter Four: Results and Discussion
	4.1 Summary of Questionnaire Results
		4.1.1 Introduction
			4.1 to 4.30 Tables and Figures
		4.1.2 First Vernaculars
		4.1.3 Second Vernaculars
		4.1.4 National Sango
		4.1.5 French
	4.2 Analysis of Questionnaire Results
		4.2.1 Sango and Gender
		4.2.2 First Vernacular and Gender
		4.2.3 Sango and Age
		4.2.4 First Vernacular and Age
		4.2.5 Sango and Schooling
		4.2.6 First Vernacular and Schooling
		4.2.7 Sango and Occupation
		4.2.8 First Vernacular and Occupation
		4.2.9 Sango and Religious Affiliation
		4.2.10 First Vernacular and Religious Affiliation
		4.2.11 Sango and Ethnicity
		4.2.12 First Vernacular and Ethnicity
		4.2.13 Sango and Townships
		4.2.14 First Vernacular and Towwnships
		4.2.15 Sango and Provinces
		4.2.16 First Vernacular and Provinces
		4.2.17 Sango and Regions
		4.2.18 First Vernacular and Regions
		4.2.19 Vernacular Sango and National Sango
	4.3 Discussion of Questionnaire Results
		4.3.1 General Remarks
		4.3.2 Independent Variables
		4.3.3 Domains and Linguistic Variation
			Figures 4.31 to 4.44
Chapter Five: General Discussion
	5.1 The Status of French
	5.2 The Dynamics of Sango
	5.3 The Maintenance of the Vernacular Languages
	5.4 Diglossia and Multilingualism
		5.4.1 Diglossia
		5.4.2 Bilingualism
		5.4.3 Multilingualism
		5.4.4 Overlapping Situations
	5.5 Examples of Bilingualism and Diglossia
		5.5.1 Wales
		5.5.2 Switzerland
		5.5.3 Greece
		5.5.4 Paraguay
		5.5.5 Singapore and Malaysia
		5.5.6 Tanzania
		5.5.7 Zaïre
		5.5.8 Cameroon
	5.6 The Situation in the C.A.R.
	5.7 Language Choice Code-Switching
	5.8 Problems Faced by Language Planners
	5.9 Conclusions
Appencix A Research Authorizations
Appendix B Government Communication
Appendix C Acknowledgement Seals
Appendix D Questionnaire
Appendix E Response Sheet
Appendix F Pearson\'s Significance Levels
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