Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles /
Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles /
edited by John McWhorter.
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2000.
- 1 online resource (vi, 503 pages)
- Creole language library, v. 21 0920-9026 ; .
- Creole language library ; v. 21. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
LANGUAGE CHANGE AND LANGUAGE CONTACT IN PIDGINS AND CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Preface; Verb Movement in four Creole Languages: A Comparative Analysis; Notes on Componential Diffusion in the Genesis of the Kabuverdianu Cluster; "High" Kwéyòl: The Emergence of a Formal Creole Register in St. Lucia; From Latin to Early Romance: A Case of Partial Creolization?; The Creole Verb: A Comparative Study of Stativity and Time Reference; Are Creole Languages "Perfect" Languages?; The Origin of the Syntax and Semantics of Property Items in the Surinamese Plantation Creole.
This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. The papers demonstrate how pidgins and creoles shed light on issues such as verb movement, contact-induced language change and its gradations, discourse management via tense-aspect particles, language genesis, substratal transfer, and Universal Grammar, and cover a w.
Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages.
9789027299482 (electronic bk.) 902729948X (electronic bk.)
Pidgin languages--Congresses.
Creole dialects--Congresses.
Languages in contact--Congresses.
Linguistic change--Congresses.
Pidgin languages--Congresses.
Creole dialects--Dialects--Congresses.
Languages in contact--Congresses.
Linguistic change--Congresses.
Pidgins (Langues)--Congrès.
Langues créoles--Dialectes--Congrès.
Langues en contact--Congrès.
Changement linguistique--Congrès.
Langues en contact--Congrès.
Changement linguistique--Congrès.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--General.
Creole dialects.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Pidgin languages.
Syntax
Morphologie
Substrat
Sprachliche Universalien
Sprachwandel
Sprachkontakt
Taalverandering.
Taalcontact.
Creooltalen.
Pidgintalen.
Kreolische Sprachen.
Pidgin-Sprachen.
Kreolisch-Französisch.
Kreolisch-Portugiesisch.
Kreolisch-Spanisch.
Kreolisch-Englisch.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PM7801 / .L36 2000
417/.22
Includes bibliographical references and index.
LANGUAGE CHANGE AND LANGUAGE CONTACT IN PIDGINS AND CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; Preface; Verb Movement in four Creole Languages: A Comparative Analysis; Notes on Componential Diffusion in the Genesis of the Kabuverdianu Cluster; "High" Kwéyòl: The Emergence of a Formal Creole Register in St. Lucia; From Latin to Early Romance: A Case of Partial Creolization?; The Creole Verb: A Comparative Study of Stativity and Time Reference; Are Creole Languages "Perfect" Languages?; The Origin of the Syntax and Semantics of Property Items in the Surinamese Plantation Creole.
This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. The papers demonstrate how pidgins and creoles shed light on issues such as verb movement, contact-induced language change and its gradations, discourse management via tense-aspect particles, language genesis, substratal transfer, and Universal Grammar, and cover a w.
Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages.
9789027299482 (electronic bk.) 902729948X (electronic bk.)
Pidgin languages--Congresses.
Creole dialects--Congresses.
Languages in contact--Congresses.
Linguistic change--Congresses.
Pidgin languages--Congresses.
Creole dialects--Dialects--Congresses.
Languages in contact--Congresses.
Linguistic change--Congresses.
Pidgins (Langues)--Congrès.
Langues créoles--Dialectes--Congrès.
Langues en contact--Congrès.
Changement linguistique--Congrès.
Langues en contact--Congrès.
Changement linguistique--Congrès.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Linguistics--General.
Creole dialects.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Pidgin languages.
Syntax
Morphologie
Substrat
Sprachliche Universalien
Sprachwandel
Sprachkontakt
Taalverandering.
Taalcontact.
Creooltalen.
Pidgintalen.
Kreolische Sprachen.
Pidgin-Sprachen.
Kreolisch-Französisch.
Kreolisch-Portugiesisch.
Kreolisch-Spanisch.
Kreolisch-Englisch.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PM7801 / .L36 2000
417/.22