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Corum, Micah

Substrate and Adstrate : The Origins of Spatial Semantics in West African Pidgincreoles / Micah Corum. - 1 online resource (278 p.) - Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] , 10 2190-698X ; .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Spatial semantics in West African pidgincreoles -- Chapter 2. Locative predication in Guinea Coast languages: a survey of features in the West African (Pidgin) Creoles’ extended typological matrix -- Chapter 3. Topological spatial relations in Ghanaian Student Pidgin: an exercise in semantic typology in a West African pidgincreole context -- Chapter 4. Meanings and functions of for in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English -- Chapter 5. Sources of locative for in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English -- Chapter 6. Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Index

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This volume provides a large-scale, in-depth analysis of locative structures in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English and compares those structures to locatives in their lexifier, substrate, and adstrate languages. The work draws on new research methods for investigating substrate and adstrate influence in semantics and creole genesis.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9781614516200 9781501500916 9781614514626

Standard No.: 10.1515/9781614514626 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Creoles.
Semantics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.

Subjects--Index Terms: Semantics, Creoles.

Dewey Class. No.: 417.22