Pragmatic investigations into Cameroon Pidgin English are rare and works on requests are non-existent.This study sets out to outline the rules that underlie requests in this language and the lexical and structural fea...Pragmatic investigations into Cameroon Pidgin English are rare and works on requests are non-existent.This study sets out to outline the rules that underlie requests in this language and the lexical and structural features that arise from them.The informants were 30 fluent Pidgin English speakers who were found communicating in Pidgin in public settings and who were willing to complete a writing exercise.The instrument used was a collection of ten request fragments that had occurred in natural Pidgin conversation.These informants were asked to compose a possible conversation between two familiar equals in which one of these fragments like"Put the potatoes in the bucket"could fit squarely.The frame adopted for data analysis was Blum-Kulka and Olshtain's 1984 research on requests and apologies,whose aim was to specify the particular pragmatic rules of use for a number of languages including English and German.The analysis revealed that the constituents of a request utterance were the same as the previous researchers had identified.The most frequent request strategy type used was"reference to preparatory conditions"(31.57%of 38 utterances)followed by"hedged performatives"(26.31%).展开更多
This paper focuses on the nativization of English in China,using Pidgin English as a case study to put Chinese English variants under the theoretical framework of eco-linguistics,and put the ecological environment suc...This paper focuses on the nativization of English in China,using Pidgin English as a case study to put Chinese English variants under the theoretical framework of eco-linguistics,and put the ecological environment such as species competition,coexistence and co-evolution,etc.The natural phenomenon is compared with the existence of language phenomenon in the development process of China English represented by Pidgin English.The study found that as the spark of the collision of the two mainstream languages of Chinese and English,the Chinese English varieties play a very important role in the exchange and enrichment of the two languages and cultures.Although academic circles have different attitudes and opinions on Chinese English variants,their existence and development conform to the law of the development of things and are also inevitable in historical development.Blindly ignoring their objective existence will definitely bring adverse effects on the ecological balance of the language.We should face up to the existence of Chinese English variants,comply with the law of language development,and allow it to develop naturally,and make efforts to protect the ecological balance of the world’s languages.展开更多
Chinese Pidgin English is a variety of the English language.It is one product of language contact.It is a blend;in vocabulary,pronunciation and grammar,it is simplified and localized.It is one kind of spoken language ...Chinese Pidgin English is a variety of the English language.It is one product of language contact.It is a blend;in vocabulary,pronunciation and grammar,it is simplified and localized.It is one kind of spoken language without formal rules,but it plays an important part in the evolution of language.展开更多
文摘Pragmatic investigations into Cameroon Pidgin English are rare and works on requests are non-existent.This study sets out to outline the rules that underlie requests in this language and the lexical and structural features that arise from them.The informants were 30 fluent Pidgin English speakers who were found communicating in Pidgin in public settings and who were willing to complete a writing exercise.The instrument used was a collection of ten request fragments that had occurred in natural Pidgin conversation.These informants were asked to compose a possible conversation between two familiar equals in which one of these fragments like"Put the potatoes in the bucket"could fit squarely.The frame adopted for data analysis was Blum-Kulka and Olshtain's 1984 research on requests and apologies,whose aim was to specify the particular pragmatic rules of use for a number of languages including English and German.The analysis revealed that the constituents of a request utterance were the same as the previous researchers had identified.The most frequent request strategy type used was"reference to preparatory conditions"(31.57%of 38 utterances)followed by"hedged performatives"(26.31%).
文摘This paper focuses on the nativization of English in China,using Pidgin English as a case study to put Chinese English variants under the theoretical framework of eco-linguistics,and put the ecological environment such as species competition,coexistence and co-evolution,etc.The natural phenomenon is compared with the existence of language phenomenon in the development process of China English represented by Pidgin English.The study found that as the spark of the collision of the two mainstream languages of Chinese and English,the Chinese English varieties play a very important role in the exchange and enrichment of the two languages and cultures.Although academic circles have different attitudes and opinions on Chinese English variants,their existence and development conform to the law of the development of things and are also inevitable in historical development.Blindly ignoring their objective existence will definitely bring adverse effects on the ecological balance of the language.We should face up to the existence of Chinese English variants,comply with the law of language development,and allow it to develop naturally,and make efforts to protect the ecological balance of the world’s languages.
文摘Chinese Pidgin English is a variety of the English language.It is one product of language contact.It is a blend;in vocabulary,pronunciation and grammar,it is simplified and localized.It is one kind of spoken language without formal rules,but it plays an important part in the evolution of language.
