Von `Bonjour, monsieur!` zu `Guten Tag, Herr!`: Texte kamerunischer Germanisten als Instanzen des Sprach- und Kulturkontakts

Abstract

While the study of interactions between French/English and Cameroonian languages and cultures is wellestablished, language and culture contact phenomena in German as a Foreign Language in Cameroon have often been neglected. This article presents texts produced by non-native users of German in Cameroon as sites of language and culture contact. The study focuses on phonological, orthographical, lexical, syntactical, semantic, pragmatic and textual aspects and reveals the overwhelming influence of French, English and several indigenous language and culture patterns on/in the production of oral and written texts in German. The article ends with suggestions for further research, namely in the area of intercultural grammar and cross-cultural pragmatics, and the training of teachers of German.