Author: Anna Cottrell
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9964701535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English for the wider European market. This edition presents the 24 stories in their original form for the Ghanian market.
Once Upon a Time in Ghana
Author: Anna Cottrell
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9964701535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English for the wider European market. This edition presents the 24 stories in their original form for the Ghanian market.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9964701535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Recorded on location in the Volta Region in Ghana in 2006-07, these stories are the result of collaboration between Anna Cottrell and Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah. Agbotadua Togbi Kumassah translated the Ewe stories into English and Anna Cottrell has retold them in contemporary English for the wider European market. This edition presents the 24 stories in their original form for the Ghanian market.
Ghanaian Pidgin English in Its West African Context
Author: Magnus Huber
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248826
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This first published full-scale study of the Ghanaian variety of West African Pidgin English (GhaPE) makes extensive use of hitherto neglected historical material and provides a synchronic account of GhaPE's structure and sociolinguistics. Special focus is on the differences between GhaPE and other West African Pidgins, in particular the development of, and interrelations between, the different varieties of restructured English in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. This monograph further includes an overview of the history of Afro-European contact languages in Lower Guinea with special emphasis on the Gold Coast; an outline of the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a description of how and when the transplantation of Sierra Leonean Krio to other West African countries took place; an analysis of the linguistic evidence for the origin, development, and spread of restructured Englishes on the Lower Guinea Coast; an account of the different varieties of GhaPE and their sociolinguistic status in the contemporary linguistic ecology of Ghana; as well as a comprehensive structural description of the “uneducated” variety of GhaPE. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains illustrative material such as spoken GhaPE and photographs.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027248826
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This first published full-scale study of the Ghanaian variety of West African Pidgin English (GhaPE) makes extensive use of hitherto neglected historical material and provides a synchronic account of GhaPE's structure and sociolinguistics. Special focus is on the differences between GhaPE and other West African Pidgins, in particular the development of, and interrelations between, the different varieties of restructured English in West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Cameroon. This monograph further includes an overview of the history of Afro-European contact languages in Lower Guinea with special emphasis on the Gold Coast; an outline of the settlement of Freetown, Sierra Leone, with a description of how and when the transplantation of Sierra Leonean Krio to other West African countries took place; an analysis of the linguistic evidence for the origin, development, and spread of restructured Englishes on the Lower Guinea Coast; an account of the different varieties of GhaPE and their sociolinguistic status in the contemporary linguistic ecology of Ghana; as well as a comprehensive structural description of the “uneducated” variety of GhaPE. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM which contains illustrative material such as spoken GhaPE and photographs.
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Author: Joe Amoako
Publisher: Nova Novinka
ISBN: 9781612096421
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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.
Publisher: Nova Novinka
ISBN: 9781612096421
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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.
Daily Graphic
Author: Ransford Tetteh
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English
Author: Susanne Mohr
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000461416
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking, its morphosyntax and semantics, across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity in the varieties and how different conceptualizations of the number category are realized across different cultures. The investigation of unstandardized noun plurals in Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ghanaian and Nigerian Englishes is based on a mixed methods design drawing on corpus linguistics, acceptability questionnaires and psycholinguistic experiments. In this vein, the book not only contributes to the description of each of these four varieties, but also sheds light on standardization processes and language change in New Englishes. Importantly, it is a plea for the triangulation of data and mixed methods approaches in World Englishes research, as the combination of these methods grants insight into unforeseen areas of language structures and use. This volume is a useful reference work for students and researchers in World Englishes, varieties of English and African Studies, as well as those interested in linguistic anthropology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000461416
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking, its morphosyntax and semantics, across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity in the varieties and how different conceptualizations of the number category are realized across different cultures. The investigation of unstandardized noun plurals in Kenyan, Tanzanian, Ghanaian and Nigerian Englishes is based on a mixed methods design drawing on corpus linguistics, acceptability questionnaires and psycholinguistic experiments. In this vein, the book not only contributes to the description of each of these four varieties, but also sheds light on standardization processes and language change in New Englishes. Importantly, it is a plea for the triangulation of data and mixed methods approaches in World Englishes research, as the combination of these methods grants insight into unforeseen areas of language structures and use. This volume is a useful reference work for students and researchers in World Englishes, varieties of English and African Studies, as well as those interested in linguistic anthropology.
Daily Graphic
Author: Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Daily Graphic
Author:
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Daily Graphic
Author: Sam Clegg
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
The English Language in Ghana
Author: Kwaku Amoabeng
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
Daddy and I
Author: Arielle Phoenix
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696097192
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Daddy and I is a playful book celebrating the joyous times, never-ending fun and competition between a father and son. The book features both English (rhyming) and Igboversions of the story. This book is perfect for any parent teaching their child Igbo and is also available in Kiswahili, Twi and Yoruba.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696097192
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Daddy and I is a playful book celebrating the joyous times, never-ending fun and competition between a father and son. The book features both English (rhyming) and Igboversions of the story. This book is perfect for any parent teaching their child Igbo and is also available in Kiswahili, Twi and Yoruba.