History, society, and variation : in honor of Albert Valdman / edited by J. Clancy Clements [and others].

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TextSeries: Creole language library ; v. 28.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 304 pages)Content type:

text

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9789027293527
902729352X
9789027252500
9027252505

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18.24

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Contents:

History, Society and Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. HISTORY; LOUISIANA CREOLE AT THE PERIPHERY; USING AND INTERPRETING HISTORICAL TEXTS TO ANALYZE THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CREOLE LANGUAGES; LEXICAL ASPECTS OF FRENCH AND CREOLE IN SAINT-DOMINGUE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; THE LEXICALIZATION-GRAMMATICALIZATION CONTINUUM; CREOLE TRANSPLANTATION; II. SOCIETY; CREOLES, CAPITALISM, AND COLONIALISM; A CURIOSITY OF MAURITIAN CREOLE; THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A KOINE AMONG FRENCH-LEXIFIED CREOLE LANGUAGES.

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Summary: This volume presents a collection of new articles by sixteen specialists in the field of pidgin and creole studies, assembled in honor of the world-renowned creolist, Albert Valdman. The articles, written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, are organized thematically in three sections: on the history of specific pidgins or creoles (including Louisiana Creole and Haitian Creole); on the sociohistorical settings that gave rise to these contact languages and issues affecting their future development; and on issues of linguistic variation and change. In keeping with Valdman's own primary i.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume presents a collection of new articles by sixteen specialists in the field of pidgin and creole studies, assembled in honor of the world-renowned creolist, Albert Valdman. The articles, written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, are organized thematically in three sections: on the history of specific pidgins or creoles (including Louisiana Creole and Haitian Creole); on the sociohistorical settings that gave rise to these contact languages and issues affecting their future development; and on issues of linguistic variation and change. In keeping with Valdman's own primary i.

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