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Advances in Contact Linguistics
In honour of Pieter Muysken
Av Aboh Enoch O. Aboh, Veenstra Tonjes Veenstra m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1477 kr
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Issues in multilingualism and its implications for communities and society at large, language acquisition and use, language diversification, and creative language use associated with new linguistic identities have become hot topics in both scientific and popular debates. A ubiquitous aspect of …
Morphosyntax of Reiteration in Creole and Non-Creole Languages
Av Zribi-Hertz Anne Zribi-Hertz, Smith Norval Smith m. fl.
E-bok, 2012
1477 kr
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This is a new contribution to a theory of reiteration in natural languages, with a special focus on creoles. Reiteration is meant to denote any situation where the same form occurs (at least) twice within the boundaries of some linguistic domain. By including two case studies bearing on Hebrew and …
Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis
Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985
Av Smith Norval Smith, Muysken Pieter Muysken
E-bok, 1986
1695 kr
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Two of the most prominent hypotheses about why the structures of the Creole languages of the Atlantic and the Pacific differ are the universalist and he substrate hypotheses. The universalist hypothesis claims, essentially, that the particular grammatical properties of Creole languages directly …
Complex Processes in New Languages
Av Smith Norval Smith, Aboh Enoch O. Aboh
E-bok, 2009
1477 kr
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In recent years, there has been a new interest in evaluating 'complex' structures in languages. The implications of such studies are varied, e.g., the distinction between supposedly more complex and less complex languages, how complexity relates to human knowledge of language, and the role of the …
Creolization and Contact
Av Veenstra Tonjes Veenstra, Smith Norval Smith
E-bok, 2001
1695 kr
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This volume contains revised and extended versions of a selection of the papers presented at “The Amsterdam Workshop on Language Contact and Creolization.” These studies apply the concept of relexification to creoles as well as other contact languages; highlight the relevance of strategies of …
Pidgins and Creoles
An introduction
Av Smith Norval Smith, Muysken Pieter Muysken m. fl.
E-bok, 1994
1830 kr
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This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion …