A New Book By Mwalimu Joe Amoako
It is with great enthusiasm that I share this information on the new book by our own Family Member Mwalimu Joe Amoako. Who will ever forget Mwalimu Amoako's tantalizing poetry and theatrical performance at the 2001 ATWS Savannah conference?
| Ghanaian Pidgin English: Diachronic, Synchronic and Sociolinguistic Perspectives |
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| Authors: Joe Amoako (Delaware State University, Delaware, USA) | |
| Book Description: "Pidgin" has been defined with different criteria by various authors. Two of these criteria are social and structural. The social criterion is that a pidgin arises out of the need for a language as a means of communication when people who do not have a common language come together. The structural criterion is that a pidgin is comprised of reduced structures that evolve to serve as a means of communication. This book is devoted to a literature review on the definition and etymology of pidgin and creole. Definitions to acquaint the reader with these two concepts are presented, which will help to decide whether the language variety being discussed in this work is pidgin or creole, or if it is something entirely different. (Imprint: Novinka Books) |
| Table of Contents: 1. ON DEFINING PIDGIN 2. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW AND CURRENT STATUS OF PIDGIN ENGLISH IN WEST AFRICA 3. GHANAIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH: IN SEARCH OF CURRENT AND HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 4. STRUCTURE OF GHANAIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH 5. SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF GHANAIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH 6. CONCLUSION INDEX |
Series: Languages and Linguistics | |
| Binding: Softcover | |
| Pub. Date: 2011 2nd quarter | |
| Pages: 6 x 9 (NBC - C) | |
| ISBN: 978-1-61209-642-1 |
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