Dr. Gratien G. Atindogbé

born 19 December 1965 in Dome, Ouidah (Benin)

Office
Institut für Afrikanistik
Universität zu Köln
50923 Köln
Germany
Phone: (0049-)174-42 95 844
Fax: (0049-)221-4705158

E-mail: grat_atin@yahoo.com (Dr. Gratien G. Atindogbé)

Education

  • 1996 PhD in Linguistics, University of Bayreuth, Germany
  • 1991 DEA in Linguistics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • 1990 Maîtrise in Linguistics, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
  • 1988 B.A. Modern French Language and Literature, with English Literature, Language and Civilisation as Minor and Linguistics as subject of Specialisation

Academic positions

  • 1997-1998 Senior Instructor, Department of English, University of Buea
  • 1998-2002 Assistant-Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Buea
  • since 2002 Lecturer, Department of Linguistics, University of Buea

Awards

DAAD’s Award of the best DAAD foreign student in Germany, November 1996

Grants

  • Georg Forster Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt) for a one-year stay in the Institute for African Studies (University of Cologne, Germany) 01 December 2007 – 30 November 2008.
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) grant for a three month research stay in the Institute for African Studies (University of Cologne, Germany), Sept. – Nov. 2006
  • Grant from the Endangered Language Fund (ELF), May 2005
  • Grant from the Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL), April 2005
  • DAAD grant for a three month research stay in Chemnitz, Germany, Aug. – Oct. 2000
  • Deutscher Stiftung für Entwicklung (DSE) fellowship for a workshop on Intercultural Communication in Chemnitz, Germany, August 1999
  • DAAD scholarship for PhD research in Bayreuth, Germany, 1994 – 1996
  • DAAD scholarship for PhD research in Bayreuth, Germany, 1992 – 1993

Publications

  • Papers in books or Journals

    • 2007. “Accounting for the Morphophonological Alternations in Classes 1/2 of Bantu Languages of Zone A”. African Study Monographs 28(4): 155-179, December 2007.
    • 2007. “Classification of Languages of Cameroon and the Equatorial Guinea on the Basis of Lexicostatistics and Mutual Intelligibility”. African Study Monographs 28(4): 181-204, December 2007.
    • 2006 . “ Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE) as a Tool for Empowerment and National Development”. African Study Monographs 27 (2): 39-61, July 2006. [co-authored with Ayu’nwi N. NEBA and Evelyn Fogwe CHIBAKA ]
    • 2004 . “Le Français au Cameroun: Aspects d’une interlangue fossilisée”. In Francis Fosso (ed): Dynamique du franç ais au Cameroun. Problèmes sociolinguistiques et stylistiques, enjeux didactiques et glottopolitiques, Yaoundé, Presses Universitaires d'Afrique, 2004. [co-authored with Charles Belinga B’ENO ]
    • 2004 . “The relevance of the Obligatory Contour Principle in the Analysis of Mokpe”. In Samson Abangma (ed) Descriptive Linguistic Studies of Mokpe. Design House, Limbe. Pp 52-73.
    • 2003 . “Standardization and Harmonization of Cameroonian Languages”. Occasional Paper No. 17. Communications of The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
    • 2002 . “Accounting for Prenasals in Bantu Languages of Zone A”. Occasional Paper No. 14. Communications of The Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society.
    • 2001 . “Yaoundé, métropole cosmopolite par l’intégration linguistique”. In Samuel Eno BELINGA et Jean-Paul VICAT (eds.): Yaoundé: Une grande métropole au seuil du troisième millénaire. Saint-Paul France, France. Pp 225-241. [co-authored with Charles Belinga B’ENO ]
    • 2000 . “The structure of coordinate construction in Bafut”. Afrikanistische Arbeit Papiere (AAP) 61, pp 171-196, Cologne. [co-authored with Vincent Tanda and Paul Mbufong ]
  • Book
    • 1996. Bankon A40: Phonologie, morphologie et tonologie. Ruediger Koeppe Verlag, 237 pages + maps. Cologne .
  • Forthcoming
    • “ANCHIMBE, Eric A. Cameroon English. Authenticity, Ecology and Evolution. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin: Peter Lang, 2006. 231 pages. Arbeiten zur Sprachanalyse, 45. ISBN 3-631-55332-3. ” Review for Orientalischeliteraturzeitung (OLZ).
    • “ Documenting Endangered Languages in a Multilingual Setting: the Case of the Barombi Language in Cameroon ” (chapter in a book).
    • “Negation in Lombe” (awaiting for editor’s reply)
    • “Les Camerounismes, redéfinition, classification et implications” ( paper presented at the International Workshop on Women, Land Use and Popular Culture ). To be published in Bayreuth African Studies Series.

Administrative experience

1999 – till date: Head of the Admissions and Records Service, Faculty of Arts, University of Buea, Cameroon.

Language skills

  • French
  • English