West Africanisms in Limonese Creole English.

Winkler, Elizabeth Grace; Obeng, Samuel Gyasi

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ERIC Number: EJ609848

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2000

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West Africanisms in Limonese Creole English.

Winkler, Elizabeth Grace; Obeng, Samuel Gyasi

World Englishes, v19 n2 p155-71 Jul 2000

Discusses West Africanisms in Limonese Creole (LC), an English based creole language spoken in Costa Rica that shows substrate influence from the Kwa languages of West Africa, in particular from Akan (spoken in Ghana). Substrate influence is demonstrated through a comparison of LC and Akan morphophonology, morphosyntax, and lexicon. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: African Languages, Akan, Creoles, English, Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), Phonology, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vocabulary

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Africa; Costa Rica

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