The Socio-Language Effects of Alcohol Consumption in the Buea Municipality

FOSSUNG Noutock Gilbert, Ph.D, Mba
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FOSSUNG Noutock Gilbert, Ph.D, Mba: University of Buea, Faculty of Arts, Department of Linguistics, Buea, Cameroon

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 4, 323-335

Abstract: There are several debates about the consumption of alcohol in our society today (effects of alcohol). These debates are animated in religious, academic, social and even political circles. Is it really possible to give a clear cut ruling as to whether alcohol consumption is good or not? It may be a daunting task to comfortably answer this question. This study is out to investigate the possible social and language effects of alcohol consumption in the lives of the inhabitants of the Buea Municipality. The study adopted the formula of Daniel (1995) for sample size determination when population is unknown, to bring out a sample size of 384 consumers of alcohol. From the total of 384 questionnaires administered, a total of 342 were retained since some were not returned and some were not completely answered. We also used observation as a means of gathering information, where we visited over 200 bars, especially in the evenings. This permitted us to witness the reactions on people after the consumption of alcohol. Demographics show that most participants were male (76.9%). Their age range was between 15 and 35 (75.7%), they have white collar jobs (46.5%), and they have been working for less than 4 years (49.1%). A majority of the respondents were Christians (51.5%). Concerning the social effects of alcohol, we noticed that a majority of the population consume alcohol and too much consumption causes them to fall sick. Too much consumption equally makes them not to pray. As far as the effects of alcohol consumption on language is concerned, we realized that features such as writing, thought process, hearing ability, hearing ability and language/speech fluency are seriously affected. These findings show that too much alcohol consumption have negative effects on the social life of people and it also serves as a great hindrance to language in particular and to communication in general.

Date: 2023
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