Browsing by Author "ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima"
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Investigating Fulfulde-French Code-Switching among Fulani University Students in Bamako
MINKAILOU, Mohamed; ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima (International Journal of English Language Litterature in Humanities, 2018-10)Code-switching is a language contact phenomenon claimed to be the most prevalent and commonest mode of interaction among bilingual speakers. Mali is a country composed of different ethnic groups and each group speak their ... -
Investigation into Bamanankan-French Code Switching among University Students in Bamako
MINKAILOU, Mohamed; ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima (International Journal of English Language Litterature in Humanities, 2016-08)One important manifestation of language contact is code-switching. That involves the alternation of two languages in the course of a single conversation. At university in Bamako, alternation between French, the basic ... -
Traditional personal names: an investigation into Songhay anthroponomastics
MINKAILOU, Mohamed; ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima (American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR), 2020)Human beings have always been characterized by their names, naming ability and practices. Names are created and shaped by sociocultural values and serve to give an identity to their bearers. They tell about the place and ... -
Understanding the Nature of Code-Switching and Code-Mixing of Songhay Speakers of French
MINKAILOU, Mohamed; ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima (Global journal of Human-social science: G Linguistics & Education, 2019)The present paper is a descriptive study on the nature of the types of code-switching and code-mixing found among Songhay speakers of French. It aims at identifying and describing the structural nature of the instances of ... -
Understanding the Phonological Processes at Work in Language Contact Situations: the Case of Songhay-French Code-Switching
MINKAILOU, Mohamed; ABDOULAYE, Ibrahima (International Journal of English Language Litterature in Humanities, 2018)Several studies have been conducted about language change and the phonological processes that are involved. But few (if any) have dealt with phonological processes in a codeswitching context. Some research on Songhay-French ...