Pidgin to Da Max
Author: Douglas Simonson
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781573062503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn alphabetical guide to words and phrases in Hawaiian Pidgin English, with comic strips illustrating usage.
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Ghanaian Pidgin English in Its West African Context
Author: Magnus Huber
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9027248826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis first published full-scale study of the Ghanaian variety of West African Pidgin English (GhaPE) makes extensive use of hitherto neglected historical material and provides a synchronic account of GhaPE's structure and sociolinguistics. Special focus is on the differences between GhaPE and other West African Pidgins, in particular the development of, and interrelations between, the different varieties of restructured English in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. This monograph further includes an overview of the history of Afro-European contact languages in Lower Guinea with special emphasis on the Gold Coast; an outline of the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a description of how and when the transplantation of Sierra Leonean Krio to other West African countries took place; an analysis of the linguistic evidence for the origin, development, and spread of restructured Englishes on the Lower Guinea Coast; an account of the different varieties of GhaPE and their sociolinguistic status in the contemporary linguistic ecology of Ghana; as well as a comprehensive structural description of the uneducated variety of GhaPE. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains illustrative material such as spoken GhaPE and photographs.
Pidgin Grammar
Author: Kent Sakoda
Publisher: Bess Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9781573061698
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevoted to a serious description of Pidgin origins and grammar, this work on Pidgin grammar does not require knowledge of linguistics. This reference is useful for anyone wanting to know more about this unique language of the Hawaiian Islands.
Pigeon English
Author: Stephen Kelman
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2012-01-05
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1408815680
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEleven-year-old Harrison Opoku, the second best runner in Year 7, races through his new life in England with his personalised trainers - the Adidas stripes drawn on with marker pen - blissfully unaware of the very real threat around him. Newly-arrived from Ghana with his mother and older sister Lydia, Harri absorbs the many strange elements of city life, from the bewildering array of Haribo sweets, to the frightening, fascinating gang of older boys from his school. But his life is changed forever when one of his friends is murdered. As the victim's nearly new football boots hang in tribute on railings behind fluorescent tape and a police appeal draws only silence, Harri decides to act, unwittingly endangering the fragile web his mother has spun around her family to keep them safe.
Pidgin and Creole Languages
Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-08
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1315504960
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.
The Role of Nigerian Pidgin English as Communication Device
Author: Joshua Izenose
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2018-08-30
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 3668787263
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBachelor Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 4.28, , course: ENGLISH EDUCATION, language: English, abstract: Pidgin generally is a simplified means of communication between or among individuals of different cultures or ethnicities. Nigerian pidgin English described as a combination of indigenous language and English. It is a language derived from tile mix of various languages such as Igbo, Edo, Yoruba, Effik etc. In Africa, pidgins found include; Nigerian pidgin, Cameroonian pidgin, Serria Leone Krio etc. Pidgins are mostly inventionist and innovative in nature and because of their spontaneous adaptability, they can be as structured or as unstructured as needed unlike other languages. This is to say that in pidgin, there are no strict rules given in utterances. There are several assumptions by Akande and Salami which say that the urban characters of the university environments are strong factors influencing the students' use and attitudes to Nigerian Pidgin English. They insist that apart from their education, living within the university communities, the students are likely to enact more urban networks that are usually made up of multilingual and multi-cultural contents. Akande argues that Pidgin English could be regarded as a marker of identity and solidarity. It is an inter-ethnic code available to Nigerians, who have no other common language.
Cameroon Pidgin English
Author: Miriam Ayafor
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9027266034
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCameroon 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.
Da Kine Talk
Author: Elizabeth Ball Carr
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2019-03-31
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0824881249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHawaii is without parallel as a crossroads where languages of East and West have met and interacted. The varieties of English (including neo-pidgin) heard in the Islands today attest to this linguistic and cultural encounter. "Da kine talk" is the Island term for the most popular of the colorful dialectal forms--speech that captures the flavor of Hawaii's multiracial community and reflects the successes (and failures) of immigrants from both East and West in learning to communicate in English.
The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Author: Umberto Ansaldo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-11-29
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 1000221482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages offers a state-of-the-art collection of original contributions in the area of Pidgin and Creole studies. Providing unique and equal coverage of nearly all parts of the world where such languages are found, as well as situating each area within a rich socio-historical context, this book presents fresh and diverse interdisciplinary perspectives from leading voices in the field. Divided into three sections, its analysis covers: Space and place – areal perspective on pidgin and creole languages Usage, function and power – sociolinguistic and artistic perspectives on pidgins and creoles, creoles as sociocultural phenomena Framing of the study of pidgin and creole languages – history of the field, interdisciplinary connections Demonstrating how fundamentally human and natural these communication systems are, how rich in expressive power and sophisticated in their complexity, The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.
The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Author: Jeff Siegel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-02-28
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 0199216665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies.
