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Article: The indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English

TitleThe indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English
Authors
Issue Date28-Jul-2023
PublisherWiley
Citation
World Englishes, 2023, p. 1-19 How to Cite?
Abstract

In the world Englishes literature, ‘indigenization’ is shorthand for the localization of Outer Circle Englishes in former exploitation colonies like Ghana. However, the localization of Ghanaian English has been continually reversed by ‘corrective’ realignment with world standard English through institutional regimes. By contrast, the localization of Ghanaian Pidgin English has proceeded unhampered by standardization. The copula system of Ghanaian Pidgin English owes much to patterns found in Akan and other languages of southern Ghana. In this domain, Ghanaian Pidgin English has indigenized and differentiated itself from its sister languages. I propose a consistent and expansive definition of indigenization as ‘the areal alignment of a latecomer to a linguistic ecology, causing its divergence from related varieties elsewhere.’ This study of indigenization shifts the focus from standardized Englishes to contact Englishes. The latter remain unfettered by institutional intervention, and are therefore better suited to illustrating the natural dynamics of indigenization.


Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/330985
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2023 Impact Factor: 0.8
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.173

 

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dc.contributor.authorYakpo, Kofi-
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-21T06:51:46Z-
dc.date.available2023-09-21T06:51:46Z-
dc.date.issued2023-07-28-
dc.identifier.citationWorld Englishes, 2023, p. 1-19-
dc.identifier.issn0883-2919-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/330985-
dc.description.abstract<p>In the world Englishes literature, ‘indigenization’ is shorthand for the localization of Outer Circle Englishes in former exploitation colonies like Ghana. However, the localization of Ghanaian English has been continually reversed by ‘corrective’ realignment with world standard English through institutional regimes. By contrast, the localization of Ghanaian Pidgin English has proceeded unhampered by standardization. The copula system of Ghanaian Pidgin English owes much to patterns found in Akan and other languages of southern Ghana. In this domain, Ghanaian Pidgin English has indigenized and differentiated itself from its sister languages. I propose a consistent and expansive definition of indigenization as ‘the areal alignment of a latecomer to a linguistic ecology, causing its divergence from related varieties elsewhere.’ This study of indigenization shifts the focus from standardized Englishes to contact Englishes. The latter remain unfettered by institutional intervention, and are therefore better suited to illustrating the natural dynamics of indigenization.<br></p>-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley-
dc.relation.ispartofWorld Englishes-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleThe indigenization of Ghanaian Pidgin English-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/weng.12635-
dc.identifier.spage1-
dc.identifier.epage19-
dc.identifier.eissn1467-971X-
dc.identifier.issnl0883-2919-

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