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Chapter 8. Tense and aspect in Cameroon Pidgin English

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Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting
This chapter is in the book Language Contact in a Postcolonial Setting

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. Language contact in a postcolonial setting: Research approaches to Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English 3
  6. Part I. Cameroon English: Properties and frameworks
  7. Chapter 2. The expression of modality in Cameroon English 29
  8. Chapter 3. A cognitive sociolinguistic approach to the lexicon of Cameroon English and other world Englishes 63
  9. Chapter 4. Reading Cameroon English phonology through the Trilateral Process 77
  10. Chapter 5. One variety, di¤erent ethnic tongues: A phonological perspective on Nso’ English 99
  11. Chapter 6. The filtration processes in Cameroon English 117
  12. Chapter 7. Language choice, identity, and power in the Cameroonian parliament 141
  13. Part II. Cameroon Pidgin English: Properties and history
  14. Chapter 8. Tense and aspect in Cameroon Pidgin English 165
  15. Chapter 9. Reduplication in Cameroon Pidgin English: Formal and functional perspectives 191
  16. Chapter 10. Pronouns in Cameroon Pidgin English 215
  17. Chapter 11. Gud Nyus fo Pidgin?: Bible translation as language elaboration in Cameroon Pidgin English 245
  18. Chapter 12. German colonial influences on, and representations of, Cameroon Pidgin English 269
  19. Part III. Texts and more texts
  20. Written and oral samples of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English 299
  21. Contributors 313
  22. Author index 317
  23. Subject index 319
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511199.165

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. Language contact in a postcolonial setting: Research approaches to Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English 3
  6. Part I. Cameroon English: Properties and frameworks
  7. Chapter 2. The expression of modality in Cameroon English 29
  8. Chapter 3. A cognitive sociolinguistic approach to the lexicon of Cameroon English and other world Englishes 63
  9. Chapter 4. Reading Cameroon English phonology through the Trilateral Process 77
  10. Chapter 5. One variety, di¤erent ethnic tongues: A phonological perspective on Nso’ English 99
  11. Chapter 6. The filtration processes in Cameroon English 117
  12. Chapter 7. Language choice, identity, and power in the Cameroonian parliament 141
  13. Part II. Cameroon Pidgin English: Properties and history
  14. Chapter 8. Tense and aspect in Cameroon Pidgin English 165
  15. Chapter 9. Reduplication in Cameroon Pidgin English: Formal and functional perspectives 191
  16. Chapter 10. Pronouns in Cameroon Pidgin English 215
  17. Chapter 11. Gud Nyus fo Pidgin?: Bible translation as language elaboration in Cameroon Pidgin English 245
  18. Chapter 12. German colonial influences on, and representations of, Cameroon Pidgin English 269
  19. Part III. Texts and more texts
  20. Written and oral samples of Cameroon English and Cameroon Pidgin English 299
  21. Contributors 313
  22. Author index 317
  23. Subject index 319
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