Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop
List of John Benjamins publications in which Antoine Willy Ndzotom Mbakop is involved.
Articles
2026 Assigning ‘sacred’ meaning to songs: A pragmatic perspective Pragmatics in African Contexts, pp. 268–288 | Article
This paper examines how Protestant faithful select songs they deem worthy of being performed during church services. It is premised on the hypothesis that, in addition to its text, pitch, rhythm and dynamics, the sacredness of a song depends on the context of its production. The data were… read more
2016 Language choice in multilingual religious settings: The historical factor Pragmatics and Society 7:3, pp. 413–435 | Article
This paper investigates the impact of the historical factor on language choice in Protestant Churches in Cameroon. It is based on the postulate that religious languages are more stable than their secular counterparts, not only in their forms, but also in their variety. Therefore, it was… read more