Cameroon Pidgin English: A Comprehensive Grammar - Couverture souple

Ayafor, Miriam; Green, Melanie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9027262403 ISBN 13 : 9789027262400

Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2017

Synopsis

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9027262403
• ISBN 13: 9789027262400
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible