Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting : : The Linguistic and Social Context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon /

Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting : : The Linguistic and Social Context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon / / ed. by Eric A. Anchimbe.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Anchimbe, Eric A.,
Atanga, Lilian Lem,
Atindogbé, Gratien G.,
Bobda, Augustin Simo,
Chibaka, Evelyn Fogwe,
Fonyuy, Ernesta Kelen,
Mühleisen, Susanne,
Nkemleke, Daniel A.,
Sala, Bonaventure M.,
Schröder, Anne,
Weber, Brigitte,
Wolf, Hans-Georg,
HerausgeberIn:
Anchimbe, Eric A.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 4
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Physical Description:1 online resource (323 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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