Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting : The Linguistic and Social Context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon.
Title:
Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting : The Linguistic and Social Context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon.
Author:
Matras, Yaron.
ISBN:
9781614511199
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (323 pages)
Series:
Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] ; v.4
Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
Contents:
Preface -- 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 the phonology Cameroon English through the Trilateral Process -- Chapter 5. One variety, different 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.
Abstract:
This series offers a wide forum for work on contact linguistics, using an integrated approach to both diachronic and synchronic manifestations of contact, ranging from social and individual aspects to structural-typological issues. Topics covered by the series include child and adult bilingualism and multilingualism, contact languages, borrowing and contact-induced typological change, code switching in conversation, societal multilingualism, bilingual language processing, and various other topics related to language contact. The series does not have a fixed theoretical orientation, and includes contributions from a variety of approaches.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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