03350nam 2200529 450 991079651710332120190512144550.0(CKB)4100000000886200(DLC) 2017031071(MiAaPQ)EBC5144912(EXLCZ)99410000000088620020171208h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentnrdamediancrdacarrierCameroon Pidgin English a comprehensive grammar /Miriam Ayafor, Melanie J. GreenAmsterdam, [Netherlands] ;Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] :John Benjamins Publishing Company,2017.©20171 online resource (xiii, 314 pages) illustrations, maps, tablesLondon Oriental and African Language Library (LOALL),13823485 ;Volume 2090-272-3826-X 90-272-6603-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- List of maps and figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. History and sociolinguistics of CPE -- Chapter 3. Phonetics, phonology and orthography -- Chapter 4. The lexicon -- Chapter 5. The syntax of the noun phrase -- Chapter 6. Pronouns -- Chapter 7. Tense, mood, modality, aspect and negation -- Chapter 8. The simple sentence -- Chapter 9. Complex predicates -- Chapter 10. The complex sentence -- Chapter 11. Information structure -- Chapter 12. Selected texts -- Appendix: Participant data -- References -- Subject index.Cameroon Pidgin English (CPE) is an English-lexified Atlantic expanded pidgin/creole spoken in some form by an estimated 50% of Cameroon’s population, primarily in the anglophone west regions, but also in urban centres throughout the country. Primarily a spoken language, CPE enjoys a vigorous oral presence in Cameroon, and the linguistic examples illustrating this description are drawn from a spoken corpus consisting of a range of text types, including oral narratives, radio broadcasts and spontaneous conversation. The authors’ typologically-framed investigation of the features of the language, from its phonetics, phonology and lexicon to its syntax and discourse structure, allows the reader a clear view of the linguistic character of CPE, offering a comprehensive description of the language that will be of interest to creolists as well as linguists interested in African languages, contact linguistics and comparative linguistics.London Oriental and African language library ;Volume 20.English languageVariationCameroonPidgin EnglishCameroonGrammarLanguages in contactCameroonEnglish languageCameroonGrammarCameroonLanguagesEnglish languageVariationPidgin EnglishGrammar.Languages in contactEnglish languageGrammar.427.96711Ayafor Miriam1488028Green Melanie J.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910796517103321Cameroon Pidgin English3708195UNINA