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ERIC ED397679: Polysemic Functionality of Prepositions in Pidgins & Creoles: The Case of "FO" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin.

An analysis of the polysemic nature of prepositions in pidgins and creoles (PCs) looks at the analytic nature of PCs and the pervasive variability in their grammars, and then focuses on usage of the preposition "fo" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin (ANP), likely borrowed from the English "for." It is argued that while this is not the only preposition in ANP, its usage in various contexts where other more "natural" languages normally employ distinct prepositions can be attributed to the lexical restriction common to PCs. The analysis looks at how "fo" is capable of differential signification when it po…

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Source	Internet Archive
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	ERIC
Date	1993-01-01
Type	texts
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Found at	https://archive.org/details/ERIC_ED397679
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Record ID	`internet-archive:ERIC_ED397679`

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ERIC ED397679: Polysemic Functionality of Prepositions in Pidgins & Creoles: The Case of "FO" in Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin.. Internet Archive, 1993. Vero Archive, record internet-archive:ERIC_ED397679.