In:Cameroon Pidgin English: A comprehensive grammar
Miriam Ayafor and Melanie Green
[London Oriental and African Language Library 20] 2017
► pp. xxi–xxi
Abbreviations and symbols
Published online: 30 November 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/loall.20.abb
https://doi.org/10.1075/loall.20.abb
A
transitive subject
adj.
adjective
adv/adv
adverb
ant
anterior tense particle
C
consonant
CamE
Cameroonian English
CPE
Cameroon Pidgin English
comp
complementiser
conj
conjunction
cop
non-verbal copula/copular focus particle
det
determiner
def
definite determiner
dem
demonstrative determiner/pronoun
emph
emphatic particle
Eng.
English
foc
focus
Fr.
French
Ger.
German
ide
ideophone
impf
imperfective aspect particle
imp
impersonal subject pronoun
inf
infinitive particle
indf
indefinite
int
interjection
loc
locative/existential copula
mod
modal particle
n.
noun
neg
negation particle
NPE
Nigerian Pidgin English
obj
object/prepositional complement pronoun
opc
object predicative complement
P
monotransitive object
pro
pronoun
pd
pre-determiner
pf
perfective aspect particle
pl
plural
Port.
Portuguese
poss
possessive
pred
predicate
prep
preposition
q
interrogative determiner/pronoun/adverb
quant
quantificational expression
R
indirect object (recipient)
refl
reflexive pronoun
rel
relativiser
res
resumptive expression (locative adverb)
S
intransitive subject
s
singular
sbj
subject pronoun
spc
subject predicative complement
T
direct object (theme)
top
topic pronoun
v.
verb
1
first person
2
second person
3
third person
*
ungrammatical
?
marginally acceptable
italics
non-CPE word/phrase (code-switching)
UPPER CASE
focused constituent
