Dissertation Information
| Title: | Locative Predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English | Add Dissertation |
| Author: | Micah Corum | Update Dissertation |
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| Homepage: | https://sites.google.com/site/micahcorum/ | |
| Degree Awarded: | Universität Hamburg , Department of Languages, Literature and Media | |
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Completed in:
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2012 | |
| Linguistic Subfield(s): | Semantics | |
| Subject Language(s): |
Krio
Pidgin, Nigerian |
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| Director(s): |
Peter Siemund
Nicholas Faraclas |
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| Abstract: |
The research presented in this thesis provides insight into four areas in the study
of locative predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English. Chapter 1 surveys typological aspects of locative predication among Atlantic, Mande, Kru, Benue-Kwa, Ijoid, and Portuguese-lexifier creole and English-lexifier pidgin and creole languages. It discusses aspects of locative predication in the pidgin and creoles languages that are derived from areal features in Niger-Congo languages. Chapter 2 introduces semantic typology to the study of West African pidgin and creole languages. It discusses nominal-derived spatial grams in Ghanaian Student Pidgin and reveals motivations and constraints on the use of 'for' in the description of topological spatial relations. Chapter 3 analyzes polysemous locative functions of 'for' in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English from a cognitive linguistic perspective. The study focuses on extended uses of 'for' that include associative functions when the item co-occurrs with the locative copula 'de'. Chapter 4 contributes to the sociohistorical study of 'for' and lends support to the argument that, as a general spatial gram, 'for' is comparable to locative structures in Niger-Congo coastal languages. Chapter 5 revisits each of the chapters in the thesis to highlight the most important findings, to comment on issues that are still pending, and to suggest avenues for future research on the study of locative predication in West African English-lexifier pidgin and creole languages. |
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