Faculty Member
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Director, of African Language Program, African Studies Center
fngom@bu.edu
270 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-353-7305 |
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Interests:
Linguistics
African Languages
Courses:
Coming Soon.
Publications:
Published Books
- Ngom, Fallou. (2006). Lexical Borrowings as Sociolinguistic Variables in Saint-Louis, Senegal. Lincom Europa Academic Publishers: Studies in Sociolinguistics 05. Germany: Munich. ISBN: 3895863548. (Pages: 198).
- Ngom, Fallou. (2003). Wolof (Linguistic Description). Lincom Europa Academic Publishers: Languages of the World/Materials, No. 333. Germany: Munich. ISBN 389586 8450. (Pages: 111).
- Ngom, Fallou. (2000). Phonetic and Phonological Description of Mandinkakaŋ as spoken in Ziguinchor. Lincom Europa Academic Publishers: Studies in African Linguistics. Germany: Munich. ISBN 3895869473. (Pages: 82).
Books in Progress:
- Oral and Written Expressions of African Cultures. Edited Volume. Fallou Ngom, Toyin Falola, editors (in progress).
- Facts, Fiction, and African Creative Imaginations. Edited Volume. Fallou Ngom & Toyin Falola, editors (in progress).
Published peer-reviewed journal articles:
- “Loanwords in the Senegalese speech community: Their linguistic features and sociolinguistic significance,” in Language, communication and information, Tome 1, 2006, p.103-113.
- ‘‘Les Implications sociolinguistiques des emprunts du wolof au français, ’’ in SAFARA: Revue Internationale de Langues, Littératures et Cultures, 2005, 147-164.
- ‘‘Language and Ethnic Identity in the Senegalese Speech Community,’’ in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Issue 170, 2004, p.95-111.
- ‘‘The Social Status of Arabic, French and English in the Senegalese Speech Community,’’ in Language Variation and Change, Vol. 15, 2003, p. 351-368.
- ‘‘Linguistic Resistance in the Murid Community in Senegal,’’ in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2002, p.214-226.
- ‘‘Linguistic Borrowing as Evidence of the Social History of the Senegalese Speech Community,’’ in International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Vol. 158, 2002. p.37-51.
- ‘‘Les variables sociolinguistiques dans le journal satirique sénégalais: le Cafard Libéré,’’ in The French Review, Vol. 75, No. 5, 2002, p. 914-924.
- ‘‘Sociolinguistic Motivations of Lexical Borrowings in Senegal,’’ in Studies in The Linguistic Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2000, p. 159-172.
- ‘‘Sociolinguistic Profile of the Senegalese Speech Community,’’ in Studies in The Linguistic Sciences, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1999, p. 131-146.
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