A sociohistorical account of Pidgins on the Gold Coast

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Maps xv
6. Introduction 1
7. A sociohistorical account of Pidgins on the Gold Coast 9
8. Excursus: The settlement of the Sierra Leone peninsula, 1787–1850 59
9. The origin and development of West African Pidgin Englishes: linguistic data 75
10. The sociolinguistics of Ghanaian Pidgin English 135
11. A synchronic-structural description of Ghanaian Pidgin English 165
12. Conclusion 253
13. Appendices 257
14. References 287
15. Index 305
16. The CD: system requirements 319