24.1279, Diss: Semantics/Krio/Pidgin, Nigerian: Corum: 'Locative Predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English'

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Subject: 24.1279, Diss: Semantics/Krio/Pidgin, Nigerian: Corum: 'Locative Predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English'

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:33:42
From: Micah Corum [micahcorum at gmail.com]
Subject: Locative Predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin English

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Institution: Universität Hamburg 
Program: Department of Languages, Literature and Media 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2012 

Author: Micah Lee Corum

Dissertation Title: Locative Predication in Nigerian Pidgin and Ghanaian Pidgin 
English 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics

Subject Language(s): Krio (kri)
                     Pidgin, Nigerian (pcm)


Dissertation Director(s):
Peter Siemund
Nicholas G. Faraclas

Dissertation 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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