Noun phrase complexity in Ghanaian English

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-446959
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.44695

Brato, Thorsten

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Abstract

This study compares the complexity of the noun phrase (NP) in Ghanaian English in a real-time perspective. Based on the Historical Corpus English in Ghana (1966-1975) and the Ghanaian component of the International Corpus of English (mainly 2000s), representing the early and late stages of structural nativisation in the dynamic model, NP complexity is measured using five criteria (NP pattern, ...