30.1176, Books: A grammar of Pichi: Yakpo

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:32:45
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A grammar of Pichi: Yakpo

 


Title: A grammar of Pichi 
Series Title: Studies in Diversity Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/85 


Author: Kofi Yakpo

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961101337 Pages: 645 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

Pichi is an Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creole spoken on the island of
Bioko, Equatorial Guinea. It is an offshoot of 19th century Krio (Sierra
Leone) and shares many characteristics with West African relatives like
Nigerian Pidgin, Cameroon Pidgin, and Ghanaian Pidgin English, as well as with
the English-lexifier creoles of the insular and continental Caribbean. This
comprehensive description presents a detailed analysis of the grammar and
phonology of Pichi. It also includes a collection of texts and wordlists.
Pichi features a nominative-accusative alignment, SVO word order,
adjective-noun order, prenominal determiners, and prepositions. The language
has a seven-vowel system and twenty-two consonant phonemes. Pichi has a
two-tone system with tonal minimal pairs, morphological tone, and tonal
processes. The morphological structure is largely isolating. Pichi has a rich
system of tense-aspect-mood marking, an indicative-subjunctive opposition, and
a complex copular system with several suppletive forms. Many features align
Pichi with the Atlantic-Congo languages spoken in the West African littoral
zone. At the same time, characteristics like the prenominal position of
adjectives and determiners show a typological overlap with its lexifier
English, while extensive contact with Spanish has left an imprint on the
lexicon and grammar as well.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Creole English, Fernando Po (fpe)


Written In: English  (eng)

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