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Peer reviewedBouton, Lawrence F. – World Englishes, 1987
Supports the assertion that pedagogical grammar must be a marriage of syntax and pragmatics through consideration of the different characteristics of "yes/no" questions and of how input from both syntax and pragmatics is needed to explain these characteristics. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Usage, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedBamiro, Edmund O. – World Englishes, 1995
Describes syntactic variation in West African English with examples from West African English literature and identifies and describes subjectless sentences, deletion of the -ly morpheme in manner adjuncts, omission of function words, reduplication, tag questions, substitution of prepositions in idiomatic usage, and focus constructions. (53…
Descriptors: African Literature, Descriptive Linguistics, Diction, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedMbangwana, Paul – World Englishes, 1991
Examination of a new type of speech developing among students at the University of Yaounde reveals a highly coded usage that cuts outsiders off through the use of highly metaphorical, playful, and hermetic words that come from various sources and are reassigned different or refreshing meanings and the use of colorful expressions, word-blending,…
Descriptors: College Students, Dialects, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
