: Eric A. Anchimbe
: Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting The Linguistic and Social Context of English and Pidgin in Cameroon
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9781614511199
: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.80
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: Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
: English
: 333
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< >This volume moves the investigation of World Englishes beyond the processes of indigenization and evolution, focusing on the emergence of native speakers and their role in shaping the norms and standards of postcolonial varieties. Using data from L1 speakers of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English, the authors reassess the place of contact vis-à-vis ecological and sociocultural processes through innovative frameworks that provide the emic insights into postcolonial settings needed to complement and expand on the focus of previous research. This fascinating new perspective is of interest to linguistics scholars.


< >Eric A. Anchimbe, University of Bayreuth, Germany.
Preface7
Introduction11
Chapter 1. Language contact in a postcolonial setting: Research approaches to Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English13
Part I. Cameroon English: Properties and frameworks37
Chapter 2. The expression of modality in Cameroon English39
Chapter 3. A cognitive sociolinguistic approach to the lexicon of Cameroon English and other world Englishes73
Chapter 4. Reading the phonology Cameroon English through the Trilateral Process87
Chapter 5. One variety, different ethnic tongues: A phonological perspective on Nso’ English109
Chapter 6. The filtration processes in Cameroon English127
Chapter 7. Language choice, identity, and power in the Cameroonian parliament151
Part II. Cameroon Pidgin English: Properties and history173
Chapter 8. Tense and aspect in Cameroon Pidgin English175
Chapter 9. Reduplication in Cameroon Pidgin English: Formal and functional perspectives201
Chapter 10. Pronouns in Cameroon Pidgin English225
Chapter 11. Gud Nyus fo Pidgin?: Bible translation as language elaboration in Cameroon Pidgin English255
Chapter 12. German colonial influences on, and representations of, Cameroon Pidgin English279
Part III. Texts and more texts307
Written and oral samples of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English309
Contributors323
Author index327
Subject index329