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9781556197222

Ghanaian Pidgin English in Its West African Context: A Sociohistorical and Structural Analysis

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  • ISBN13:

    9781556197222

  • ISBN10:

    1556197225

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-01
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co
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List Price: $180.00

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Maps
Introductionp. 1
A sociohistorical account of Pidgins on the Gold Coastp. 9
Excursus: The settlement of the Sierra Leone peninsula, 1787-1850p. 59
Tbe origin and development of West African Pidgin Englishes: linguistic datap. 75
The sociolinguistics of Ghanaian Pidgin Englishp. 135
A synchronic-structural description of Ghanaian Pidgin Englishp. 165
Conclusionp. 253
Appendicesp. 257
References to Portuguese and "Lingua Franca" as early West African contact languagesp. 257
Portuguese-derived words in use on the Gold Coastp. 266
A chronological list identifying data sources of Table 4.1p. 269
Ghanaian Pidgin English textsp. 271
Referencesp. 287
Indexp. 305
The CD: system requirementsp. 319
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