{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2529386403","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","title":"The sociolinguistic situation of English in Uganda","display_name":"The sociolinguistic situation of English in Uganda","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-10-04","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2529386403","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","mag":"2529386403"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210229345","display_name":"Varieties of English around the world. General series","issn_l":"0172-7362","issn":["0172-7362"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320402","host_organization_name":"John Benjamins Publishing Company","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320402"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["John Benjamins Publishing Company"],"type":"book series"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Varieties of English Around the World","raw_type":"book-chapter"},"volume":{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4292448490","display_name":"Ugandan English"},"type":"book-chapter","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037111441","display_name":"Judith Nakayiza","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Judith Nakayiza","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5037111441"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.0292,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.84594119,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"75","last_page":"94"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13727","display_name":"Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13727","display_name":"Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10265","display_name":"Multilingual Education and Policy","score":0.0013000000035390258,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12658","display_name":"Language and Culture","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3310","display_name":"Linguistics and Language"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/english-language","display_name":"English language","score":0.5460000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociolinguistics","display_name":"sociolinguistics","score":0.8629999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/linguistic-prestige","display_name":"language prestige","score":0.7450000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/language-status","display_name":"language status","score":0.8769999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/language-attitudes","display_name":"language attitudes","score":0.7149999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/national-language","display_name":"national language","score":0.6230000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/language-of-instruction","display_name":"language of instruction","score":0.7749999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/local-languages","display_name":"local languages","score":0.5509999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uganda","display_name":"Uganda","score":0.4959999918937683}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778329345","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919978","display_name":"Prestige","level":2,"score":0.794741153717041},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987496018","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1860","display_name":"English language","level":2,"score":0.5075725317001343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28519872","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160845","display_name":"Sociolinguistics","level":2,"score":0.5007963180541992},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.48969224095344543},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.4633766710758209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C556340858","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334451","display_name":"Language policy","level":2,"score":0.4538879692554474},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.4008725881576538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.393799751996994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.3900401294231415},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.1593618094921112},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1075/veaw.g59.04nak","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210229345","display_name":"Varieties of English around the world. General series","issn_l":"0172-7362","issn":["0172-7362"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320402","host_organization_name":"John Benjamins Publishing Company","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320402"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["John Benjamins Publishing Company"],"type":"book series"},"license":"public-domain","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/public-domain","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Varieties of English Around the World","raw_type":"book-chapter"},{"id":"mag:2563552914","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027266439-04nak","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W110148364","https://openalex.org/W146866310","https://openalex.org/W339099751","https://openalex.org/W566121855","https://openalex.org/W588733776","https://openalex.org/W636649538","https://openalex.org/W1026484344","https://openalex.org/W1489092565","https://openalex.org/W1505353165","https://openalex.org/W1526974435","https://openalex.org/W1531512012","https://openalex.org/W1544229832","https://openalex.org/W1600547022","https://openalex.org/W1677757903","https://openalex.org/W1899702903","https://openalex.org/W1901299545","https://openalex.org/W1948795378","https://openalex.org/W1979966018","https://openalex.org/W1992785931","https://openalex.org/W2092480266","https://openalex.org/W2257267592","https://openalex.org/W2315989998","https://openalex.org/W2341990952","https://openalex.org/W2406963849","https://openalex.org/W2772656255","https://openalex.org/W3082087892","https://openalex.org/W3139280926","https://openalex.org/W4252254799","https://openalex.org/W6639842182"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2528862855","https://openalex.org/W7053291441","https://openalex.org/W2613426358","https://openalex.org/W2941061662","https://openalex.org/W4408309439","https://openalex.org/W3112289841","https://openalex.org/W2528059478","https://openalex.org/W3202109040","https://openalex.org/W4254112249","https://openalex.org/W2995644632"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"Uganda,":[1,44,66],"English":[2,33,64,82,98],"has":[3,34,47],"attracted":[4],"very":[5],"high":[6],"prestige":[7],"and":[8,20,25,54,71,75,89],"status":[9],"over":[10],"the":[11,15,26,38,60,72,79,84,93,102],"years.":[12],"It":[13,77],"is":[14],"language":[16,28,42,88],"of":[17,29,63,81,95],"public,":[18],"political":[19],"social":[21],"discourse":[22],"(Katamba":[23],"2006)":[24],"main":[27],"instruction":[30],"in":[31,43,48,65],"schools.":[32],"furthermore":[35],"developed":[36],"into":[37],"most":[39],"influential":[40],"interethnic":[41],"as":[45,83],"it":[46],"other":[49],"East":[50],"African":[51],"countries":[52],"(Mazrui":[53],"Mazrui":[55],"1998).":[56],"This":[57],"chapter":[58],"examines":[59],"sociolinguistic":[61],"situation":[62],"highlighting":[67],"its":[68],"status,":[69],"use":[70],"associated":[73],"attitudes":[74],"beliefs.":[76],"discusses":[78],"development":[80],"de":[85],"facto":[86],"national":[87],"shows":[90],"why,":[91],"despite":[92],"presence":[94],"local":[96],"languages,":[97],"continues":[99],"to":[100],"dominate":[101],"public":[103],"domain.":[104]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-10-14T00:00:00"}