Language contact in a postcolonial setting : the linguistic and social context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon /

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This timely book brings together research on the features and evolution of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English, approached from a variety of innovative multilingual frameworks that focus on the emergence of mother tongue speakers. The authors illustrate how language and population contact,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anchimbe, Eric A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]
Colección:Language Contact and Bilingualism LCB
Temas:
English language > Cameroon.
Pidgin languages > Cameroon.
Languages in contact > Cameroon.
Sociolinguistics > Cameroon.
Postcolonialism.
Anglais (Langue) > Cameroun.
Langues en contact > Cameroun.
Sociolinguistique > Cameroun.
Postcolonialisme.
postcolonialism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
English language
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Pidgin languages
Postcolonialism
Sociolinguistics
Cameroon > Languages.
Cameroun > Langues.
Cameroon
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Language contact in a postcolonial setting: Research approaches to Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Part I. Cameroon English: Properties and frameworks
  • Chapter 2. The expression of modality in Cameroon English
  • Chapter 3. A cognitive sociolinguistic approach to the lexicon of Cameroon English and other world Englishes
  • Chapter 4. Reading Cameroon English phonology through the Trilateral Process
  • Chapter 5. One variety, di¤erent ethnic tongues: A phonological perspective on Nso' English
  • Chapter 6. The filtration processes in Cameroon English
  • Chapter 7. Language choice, identity, and power in the Cameroonian parliament
  • Part II. Cameroon Pidgin English: Properties and history
  • Chapter 8. Tense and aspect in Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Chapter 9. Reduplication in Cameroon Pidgin English: Formal and functional perspectives
  • Chapter 10. Pronouns in Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Chapter 11. Gud Nyus fo Pidgin?: Bible translation as language elaboration in Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Chapter 12. German colonial influences on, and representations of, Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Part III. Texts and more texts
  • Written and oral samples of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English
  • Contributors
  • Author index
  • Subject index.

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