Common Ancestor of American Ebonics and West African Pidgin English
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi My second Black History Month article dwells on the intriguing but not surprising historical ...
Showing posts with label West African Pidgin English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West African Pidgin English. Show all posts
African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week , I highlighted many African-derived words in the Gullah dialect that ...
Q and A on Idiomatic Expressions, Pronunciation, and West African English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Is it “catch cold” or “catch a cold”? Is the expression “bushman” Standard English? Or is it an exclusi...
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