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Article: Wayward daughter: Language contact in the emergence of Pichi (Equatorial Guinea)

TitleWayward daughter: Language contact in the emergence of Pichi (Equatorial Guinea)
Authors
Yakpo, K
KeywordsMultilingual
Creolization
Hispanic
Substrate
Language change
Issue Date2013
PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.de/journals/jall
Citation
Journal of African Languages and Linguistics, 2013, v. 34 n. 2, p. 275-299 How to Cite?
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jall-2013-0009
AbstractPichi is an Afro-Caribbean English Lexifier Creole spoken by some 150’000 people on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. Pichi is an offshoot of Krio (Sierra Leone) and shares many characteristics with its West African sister languages. However, insulation from English and Krio, extensive contact and hybridization with Spanish, language shift involving the Bantu language Bubi, as well as koineization through the prolonged coexistence of Pichi with closely-related languages like Nigerian Pidgin and Cameroonian Pidgin have given the language a character distinct from that of the other English Lexifier creoles of the region. The study of Pichi and its comparison with other West African AECs therefore offers fresh insights into the role that language contact has played in the differentiation of the Afro-Caribbean English lexifier Creoles.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/194809
ISSN
0167-6164
2021 Impact Factor: 0.313
2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.146
ISI Accession Number ID
WOS:000327745500002

 

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dc.contributor.authorYakpo, Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-17T02:11:37Z-
dc.date.available2014-02-17T02:11:37Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.citationJournal of African Languages and Linguistics, 2013, v. 34 n. 2, p. 275-299en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-6164-
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dc.description.abstractPichi is an Afro-Caribbean English Lexifier Creole spoken by some 150’000 people on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. Pichi is an offshoot of Krio (Sierra Leone) and shares many characteristics with its West African sister languages. However, insulation from English and Krio, extensive contact and hybridization with Spanish, language shift involving the Bantu language Bubi, as well as koineization through the prolonged coexistence of Pichi with closely-related languages like Nigerian Pidgin and Cameroonian Pidgin have given the language a character distinct from that of the other English Lexifier creoles of the region. The study of Pichi and its comparison with other West African AECs therefore offers fresh insights into the role that language contact has played in the differentiation of the Afro-Caribbean English lexifier Creoles.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Mouton. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.degruyter.de/journals/jallen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of African Languages and Linguisticsen_US
dc.rightsThe final publication is available at www.degruyter.com-
dc.subjectMultilingual-
dc.subjectCreolization-
dc.subjectHispanic-
dc.subjectSubstrate-
dc.subjectLanguage change-
dc.titleWayward daughter: Language contact in the emergence of Pichi (Equatorial Guinea)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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