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PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
Eric A. Anchimbe is an Associate Professor for English Linguistics at the University of Bayreuth. He is a Principal Investigator in the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence and the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) both at the University of Bayreuth. He is the author and editor of several books on varieties of English, identity construction, language policy and pragmatics. His current research focuses on the pragmatics of Postcolonial Englishes (using the framework, Postcolonial Pragmatics, he and Richard Janney introduced), sociolinguistics, World Englishes and political discourse. His recent monograph, Offers and Offer Refusals: A Postcolonial Pragmatics Perspective on World Englishes (2018, Benjamins), fills a gap in the meagre literature on pragmatics of African Englishes
CV
Academic Career
| since 2015 | Associate Professor of English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth |
| 2017 | Substitute (Vertretung) Professor of English Linguistics, University of Greifswald |
| 2007 - 2015 | Assistant Professor of English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth |
| 2005 - 2007 | Sessional lecturer for English Linguistics, LMU Munich |
| 2000 - 2003 | Research and teaching graduate assistant, Department of English, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon |
Positions
| 2015 | Habilitation (Venia Legendi) in English Linguistics, University of Bayreuth |
| 2005 | PhD in English Linguistics, LMU Munich |
| 2001 | Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA) in English Linguistics, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon |
| 1999 | MA in English Linguistics, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon |
| 1997 | BA in Modern English Letters, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon |
Academic Service
| since 2019 | Principal Investigator in the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence: Reconfiguring African Studies, University of Bayreuth |
| since 2012 | Senior Fellow (Principal Investigator) in the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), University of Bayreuth |
| 2012 - 2018 | Editor-in-chief of NAB: Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth (Institute of African Studies) |
| 2015 - 2017 | Diversity and Gender Representative of BIGSAS, University of Bayreuth |
Award and Grants
| 2013 | Research Award (Wissenschaftspreis) of the University of Bayreuth |
| 2003 - 2004 | DAAD Postgraduate Research Grant |
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
- Pragmatics (Postcolonial pragmatics)
- World Englishes, Postcolonial Englishes
- Sociolinguistics
- Political discourse (from below)
- Mediated communication online
- Language policy in Africa
- Postcolonial linguistics
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
Publications
2018
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Cameroon Pidgin as index of speakers’ social statuses and roles : Evidence from literary texts ...
Creolization and pidginization in contexts of postcolonial diversity : language, culture, identity
Leiden : Brill, 2018. - page 360-383 . - (Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture; 17)
doi:10.1163/9789004363397_019 ...
2018
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Offers and Offer Refusals : a Postcolonial Pragmatics Perspective on World Englishes
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2018. - 316 page . - (Pragmatics & Beyond : New Series; 298)
doi:10.1075/pbns.298 ...
2016
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Digital Narratives of Belonging as Anglophone or Francophone in a Cameroon Online News Forum
in Open Linguistics volume 2 (2016) issue 1. - page 511-527
doi:10.1515/opli-2016-0027 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Pidgin goes Public : Urban Institutional Space in Cameroon
Re-Inventing the Postcolonial (in the) Metropolis
Leiden : Brill, 2016. - page 379-399 . - (Cross/Cultures; 188)
doi:10.1163/9789004328761_024 ...
2014
Structural and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Indigenisation : on Multilingualism and Language ...
publ: Anchimbe, Eric A.
Dordrecht : Springer, 2014. - 213 page
doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7881-8 ...
2013
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Language Policy and Identity Construction : The Dynamics of Cameroon's Multilingualism
Amsterdam/Philadelphia : Benjamins, 2013. - XXII, 250 page . - (IMPACT; 32)
2012
Mühleisen, Susanne; Anchimbe, Eric A.
Gud Nyus fo Pidgin? Bible translation as language elaboration in Cameroon Pidgin English
Language contact in a postcolonial setting : the linguistic and social context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon
Boston : de Gruyter Mouton, 2012. - page 245-268 . - (Language Contact and Bilingualism; 4)
doi:10.1515/9781614511199.245 ...
2012
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting : the Linguistic and Social Context of English and P ...
Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012. - 323 page . - (Language Contact and Bilingualism; 4)
doi:10.1515/9781614511199 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Lexical strategies in verbal linguistic victimisation in Cameroon
in English Today volume 28 (2012) issue 2. - page 39-46
doi:10.1017/S0266078412000144 ...
2011
Anchimbe, Eric A.
On not calling people by their names : Pragmatic undertones of sociocultural relationships in a ...
in Journal of Pragmatics volume 43 (2011) issue 6. - page 1472-1483
doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2010.10.013 ...
2011
Postcolonial Linguistic Voices : Identity Choices and Representations
publ: Anchimbe, Eric A.; Mforteh, Stephen A.
Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011. - 365 page . - (Contributions to the Sociology of Language; 100)
doi:10.1515/9783110260694 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.; Janney, Richard W.
Postcolonial pragmatics : an introduction
in Journal of Pragmatics volume 43 (2011) issue 6. - page 1451-1459
doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2010.10.027 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Socio-historical landmarks in francophone Cameroonians' resistance to English
in Revue Internationale des Arts, Lettres et Sciences Sociales volume 1 (2011) issue 4. - page 1-21
2009
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Post-integrational restructuring of new lexical elements in Cameroon English
in Annals of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences / University of Yaounde I (2009) . - page 83-100
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Revisiting the notion of maturation in new Englishes
in World Englishes volume 28 (2009) issue 3. - page 336-351
doi:10.1111/j.1467-971X.2009.01596.x ...
2008
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Giving English-speaking tongues a name
in Issues in Intercultural Communication volume 2 (2008) issue 1. - page 29-44
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Multilingual backgrounds and the identity issue in Cameroon
in Anuario del seminario de filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo" volume 39 (2008) issue 2. - page 33-48
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codig ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.; Anchimbe, Stella A.
Sociolinguistic variables in the "degeneracy" of English in postcolonial ("non-native") context ...
in Anuario del seminario de filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo" volume 39 (2008) issue 2. - page 13-31
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codig ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
"Veto the war but let no French head fall" : Linguistic avoidance strategies in Jacques Chirac' ...
in Journal of Language and Politics volume 7 (2008) issue 1. - page 156-170
doi:10.1075/jlp.7.1.08anc ...
2007
Linguistic Identity in Postcolonial Multilingual Spaces
publ: Anchimbe, Eric A.
Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. - 351 page
https://www.cambridgescholars.com/linguistic-ident ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
reviewed by: Müller, Simone: Discourse Markers in Native and Non-native English Discourse. Amsterdam, 2006
in Anglia : Zeitschrift für englische Philologie volume 125 (2007) issue 1. - page 104-108
doi:10.1515/ANGL.2007.104 ...
2006
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Anglophonism and francophonism : the stakes of (official) language identity in Cameroon
in Alizés : Revue Angliciste de la Réunion volume 25/26 (2006) . - page 7-26
2006
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Cameroon English : authenticity, ecology and evolution
Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang, 2006 . - (Arbeiten zur Sprachanalyse; 45)
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Coping with meaning changes in a West African English language classroom
in Journal of Language and Learning volume 4 (2006) issue 1. - page 50-62
http://webspace.buckingham.ac.uk/kbernhardt/journa ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Linguabridity : Redefining linguistic identities among children in urban area
in TRANS : Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften (2006) issue 16
http://www.inst.at/trans/16Nr/03_2/anchimbe16.htm
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Local meaning in the English of West Africa
in English Today volume 22 (2006) issue 2. - page 50-54
doi:10.1017/S0266078406002094S0266078406002094 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
The native speaker fever in English language teaching (ELT) : Pitting pedagogical competence ag ...
in Linguistik online volume 26 (2006) issue 1. - page 3-14
doi:10.13092/lo.26.618 ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
On norms and prejudices : The notion of "maturation" in New Englishes
in Interlingüística (2006) issue 17. - page 151-160
https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codig ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
World Englishes and the American Tongue
in English Today volume 22 (2006) issue 4. - page 3-9
doi:10.1017/S0266078406004020 ...
2005
Anchimbe, Eric A.
The World Englishes in the American tongue
in Philologie im Netz (2005) issue 32. - page 1-14
http://web.fu-berlin.de/phin/phin32/p32t1.htm
2004
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Creating new names for common things in Cameroon English
in The Internet TESL Journal volume 10 (2004) issue 8
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Anchimbe-CameroonEnglis ...
Anchimbe, Eric A.
Official language extrapolation and the home language survival in Cameroon
in Interlingüística (2004) issue 15,1. - page 141-150
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Englische Sprachwissenschaft
PD Dr. Eric Anchimbe
Akademischer Rat
Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Universitätsstr. 30
Building: GW I
Room: 1.21
95447 Bayreuth
Germany
Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-3565
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-3571
E-mail: eric.anchimbe@uni-bayreuth.de
Office hours: by appointment