@phdthesis{40544,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Njeuma, Bernadette Josso},
  pages                 = {181},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {University of South Carolina},
  title                 = {Structural Similarities Between Sierra Leone Krio and Two West African Anglophone Pidgins: A Case For Common Origin},
  year                  = {1995},
  abstract              = {This work is a comparative analysis of two pidgins and a creole. The representative languages of the study are Cameroon Pidgin (CP), Nigerian Pidgin (NP), and Sierra Leone Krio (SLK). Grammatical features of the two pidgins, jointly referred to as West African Anglophone Pidgins (WAAP), are analyzed in comparison to those of Sierra Leone Krio. The motivation for this comparison initially arose from questions on whether the terms pidgins versus creole were linguistically distinctive with reference to the languages of this study. The study compares core features of the preverbal complexes of all three languages as well as a number of fundamental grammatical structures and discourse functions, to determine the possible similarities between these languages. The findings of the study are that both pidgins and the creole reveal remarkable similarities in many areas. These findings in themselves serve as a premise for positing a theory of common origin for the languages. The proposed theory is that all three languages may be related via a Proto Pidgin (PP) which emerged in the West coast of Africa around mid 17th century. Claims to a common origin are based on the economic history of the West African coastal area following the intensification of European trade activities in this area. These economic factors, in conjunction with a common geographical location and missionary activities, account for the emergence and spread of these three languages. Evidence for this position is presented in another comparison of features of these languages to those of some indigenous West African languages. The document also recognizes and accounts for the unique position of SLK and its dual affiliation to both the PP and the language of the freed slaves returning to the Sierra Leone settlement in the late 18th to early 19th centuries. The final pages raise the sociological or linguistically null issue that is claimed to underlie the similarities between the languages, drawing the conclusion that the languages are grammatically and functionally parallel.},
  adviser               = {Pearson, Bruce L.},
  bestfn                = {africa\njeuma_krio1995_o.pdf},
  besttxt               = {ptxt\africa\njeuma_anglophone1995.txt},
  cfn                   = {africa\njeuma_krio1995_o.pdf},
  class_loc             = {PM7891 Z9},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {africa\njeuma_krio1995_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 7.63Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {B},
  fn                    = {africa\njeuma_anglophone1995.pdf, africa\njeuma_anglophone1995_o.pdf, africa\njeuma_krio1995_o.pdf, africa\njeuma _krio1995_o.pdf},
  hhtype                = {comparative},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  keywords              = {;waf;srl;nga;lng;z.y.240;ths;},
  lgcode                = {Cameroon Pidgin [wes]},
  macro_area            = {Africa},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PM 7891 Z9 NJE 2007},
  mpifn                 = {krio_njeuma1995_o.pdf},
  source                = {DAI-A 56/08, p. 3106, Feb 1996},
  src                   = {eballiso2009, hh, mpieva, weball},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290); LITERATURE, AFRICAN (0316)},
  subject_headings      = {English –Nigeria –Grammar, Pidgin English –Cameroon –Grammar, Krio language –Grammar, Africa, West –Languages –Grammar, English –Nigeria –Grammar – Pidgin English –Cameroon –Grammar – Krio language –Grammar – Africa, West –Languages –Grammar},
  umi_id                = {9541244}
}