Structure and variation in language contact /
Structure and variation in language contact /
edited by Ana Deumert, Stephanie Durrleman.
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
- 1 online resource (viii, 376 pages) : illustrations
- Creole language library, v. 29 0920-9026 ; .
- Creole language library ; v. 29. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure and Variation in Language Contact; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction; Structure; The phonetics of tone in Saramaccan; Tracing the origin of modality in the creoles of Suriname1; Modeling Creole Genesis; The restructuring of tense/aspect systems in creole formation; Syntactic properties of negation in Chinook Jargon, with a comparison to two source languages; Sri Lankan Malay morphosyntax; Sri Lanka Malay; The advantages of a blockage-based etymological dictionary for proven or putative relexified languages; Variation.
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This volume presents a careful selection of fifteen articles presented at the SPCL meetings in Atlanta, Boston and Hawai'i in 2003 and 2004. The contributions reflect - from various perspectives and using different types of data - on the interplay between structure and variation in contact languages, both synchronically and diachronically. The contributors consider a wide range of languages, including Surinamese creoles, Chinook Jargon, Yiddish, AAVE, Haitian Creole, Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Portuguese varieties, Nigerian Pidgin, Sri Lankan Malay, Papiamentu, and Bahamian Creole English. A need.
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9789027293084 (electronic bk.) 9027293082 (electronic bk.)
Languages in contact.
Language and languages--Variation.
Langues en contact.
Variation (Linguistique)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Historical & Comparative.
Language and languages--Variation.
Languages in contact.
Taalcontact.
Taalvariatie.
Creooltalen.
Variation--(Sprachwiss.)--Kongressbericht.
Interferenz--(zwischen Sprachen)--Sprachwandel--Kongressbericht.
Sprachwandel--Interferenz (zwischen Sprachen)--Kongressbericht.
Sprachkontakt--Sprachvariante--Aufsatzsammlung.
Sprachvariante--Sprachkontakt--Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
P130.5 / .S75 2006eb
417/.7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure and Variation in Language Contact; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction; Structure; The phonetics of tone in Saramaccan; Tracing the origin of modality in the creoles of Suriname1; Modeling Creole Genesis; The restructuring of tense/aspect systems in creole formation; Syntactic properties of negation in Chinook Jargon, with a comparison to two source languages; Sri Lankan Malay morphosyntax; Sri Lanka Malay; The advantages of a blockage-based etymological dictionary for proven or putative relexified languages; Variation.
Use copy
This volume presents a careful selection of fifteen articles presented at the SPCL meetings in Atlanta, Boston and Hawai'i in 2003 and 2004. The contributions reflect - from various perspectives and using different types of data - on the interplay between structure and variation in contact languages, both synchronically and diachronically. The contributors consider a wide range of languages, including Surinamese creoles, Chinook Jargon, Yiddish, AAVE, Haitian Creole, Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Portuguese varieties, Nigerian Pidgin, Sri Lankan Malay, Papiamentu, and Bahamian Creole English. A need.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9789027293084 (electronic bk.) 9027293082 (electronic bk.)
Languages in contact.
Language and languages--Variation.
Langues en contact.
Variation (Linguistique)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--Historical & Comparative.
Language and languages--Variation.
Languages in contact.
Taalcontact.
Taalvariatie.
Creooltalen.
Variation--(Sprachwiss.)--Kongressbericht.
Interferenz--(zwischen Sprachen)--Sprachwandel--Kongressbericht.
Sprachwandel--Interferenz (zwischen Sprachen)--Kongressbericht.
Sprachkontakt--Sprachvariante--Aufsatzsammlung.
Sprachvariante--Sprachkontakt--Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
P130.5 / .S75 2006eb
417/.7