Dear List-ers, We're looking for specific language-use by children in Gambia. In the Netherlands "Samsam" is a magazine for schoolchildren age 8-14 which is distributed free at all primary schools. It covers a different theme each month: next month the theme is Gambia. My job is to find out all I can about the languages spoken in Gambia and especially about the way children talk to one another. I found some information in travelling guides on Gambia's native languages Wolluf, Madinka and Fullah, and on the use of English, but very little on special children's-talk. We would like to know: > - When children meet, what do they say to one another in Madinka, Wolluf, > Fullah or Jollo? And what does that mean in English? > - What do children say when they are angry with eachother, when they call > eachother names? (and again, what does it mean in English). - Do children use specific slang words? > - Are there any language-mixes of English and Gambia's native languages > used by children? Can you give some examples? > - Are there special language features to Gambia-English spoken by > children, which do not occur in Britisch-English? - What alphabethic system is used to write in the native languages? - etc. > I hope you can help me. If you want to know more about the magazine, you > can look it up at www.samsam.net You will find the virtual version of the > paper magazine on that site. It is in Dutch, but you will get an idea. > Thanks very much in advance. > Rianne Doeleman > > Rianne Doeleman > Cedille onderzoek en evaluatie > CED/Het Projectbureau > Postbus 8639 > 3009 AP Rotterdam the Netherlands > tel: +31 10 4071603 > email: [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------