Asare, P.2023-10-052023-10-052022-04http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/40276MPhil. LinguisticsThis study examines language roles, language choices and the motivations thereof among Gua native-speakers at Anum, Asamankese, and language vitality under the title ‘Negotiating Multilingualism at Anum, Asamankese’. Data were elicited through non-participant observation and unstructured interviews with 80 respondents who are/were mostly speakers of Gua. Questions were formulated and asked purposely to understand these respondents, as a microcosm of the bigger Anum Asamankese community. Data were elicited from native Gua speakers at homes, schools, hospitals, markets and workplaces in Asamankese. The Markedness (Myers-Scotton 1993) and the Triglossic structure (Batibo 2005) models were employed in analysing data. The study identified English, Gua and Twi as the three major languages among respondents. In terms of language roles, English was associated with high functions as the preferred language among the educated and official domains. Gua was in use in non-formal (primary) domains. Twi straddles the official and non-official domains and it has a high function (and is marked) in these domains. In non-official domains and functions, however, Twi serves a high function over Gua, and also as the language of wider communication. On vitality, there are no known negative attitudes towards the use of Gua in the bigger Asamankese community. Additionally, Gua is vital in the home because of the positive attitude of speakers and intergenerational transfer on the part of parents even though there is an encroachment on Gua by Twi. So functionally, Gua is not in any way threatened; however, formally, very little documentation has been carried on Gua.enMultilingualismAsamankeseAnumThesis