Trends in Cameroon Pidgin English Lexicology: A Study of Anglophone Speech
Description
A study which examines aspects of lexical usage among the speakers of Cameroon Pidgin English who inhabit the part of Cameroon where English is the dominant official language. Data was collected, over a period of three years, in a wide range of interaction situations involving the use of Pidgin English. This included the tape recording of interviews with individuals, and group conversations and discussions on a variety of topics. Recordings were also made of a number of folk tales. The dissertation was submitted in partial fulfilment for the award of the Master's Degree, Department of English, University of Yaounde, July 1979. The study comprises five chapters. The first two present historical and sociolinguistic factors that are likely to have played a role in the development of Pidgin English in Cameroon (colonial and other foreign influences, the spread of literacy in English). Consideration is also given to the typology of the language and the total environment in which it is found. Chapters Three and Four consider current trends in usage. These are termed common (i.e. trends that can be observed in the speech of most speakers), and distinctive (peculiar aspects of lexical usage which are unevenly observed in the speech of particular groups of speakers). The final chapter relates these trends in usage to the general process of the development of Cameroon Pidgin English.
Metadata
| Identifier | lzln276v |
| IRN | 410412 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/4/018 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lzln276v |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Non-Institute Theses and Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Menang, T |
| Date | 1979 |
| Size and Medium | iv, 174 bound typed leaves. |