![]() Nordquist (2019) defines a contact language as a lingua franca used for the purposes of basic communication by people with no common language. Thus, English can be classified as a contact language. Due to British colonialisation, English has turned into a lingua franca. This classification is based on the fact that English, German, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian share similarities though English has gone through three stages, its lexis are predominantly Germanic. Background to the studyĮnglish is classified as a Germanic Indo-European language (Byrne, 2011). The background will explore and define the key terminology pidgin. This chapter will give a background to the study, state the problem, ask the questions that are relevant to this study, and give the purpose and significance of the study. GPE - GHANAIAN PIDGIN ENGLISH CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The work shows that GPE has temporal markers that are crucial in organising messages. The implication of these findings is that they contribute to studies in World Englishes, studies in pidgins/creoles and studies in temporality across languages. ![]() While preverbal markers like “go” and “dey” are used to accompany the bare form of the verb to realise present time, future time and progressive meaning. ![]() ![]() The research found out that the bare form of the verb is used to realise past time, present time and perfective meaning. The methodology comprised recordings of conversation of students at the University of Cape Coast and excerpts from television programs. The theoretical framework that served as a bedrock for the analysis was the superstrate and substrate theory. This research examined temporal markers in Ghanaian Pidgin English. ![]() APPENDIX E INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT MAHAMA ABSTRACTįew studies on Ghanaian Pidgin English have examined the grammar of the language. ![]()
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