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Item Details
Title:
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CREOLIZATION AND CONTACT
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By: |
Norval Smith (Editor), Tonjes Veenstra (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£101.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
9027252459 |
ISBN 13: |
9789027252456 |
Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
31 December, 2001 |
Series: |
Creole Language Library 23 |
Pages: |
330 |
Description: |
This volume has a broad theme, and covers not just contacts between linguistic communities, but contacts between social groups and individuals are considered which may also have had linguistic implications for the formation of the special kind of contact languages represented by creole languages. |
Synopsis: |
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 second language learning for theories of pidgin/creole genesis; critically discuss the notions levelling (koine formation) and convergence; the relation between types of contact situations and processes of crosslinguistic influence; as well as the linguistic consequences of the social structure of the plantation system. In addition to discussing English-, French-, and Dutch-related creoles, the papers cover a wide range of contact languages spoken throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. The breadth and coverage makes this an indispensable title for research in the field of contact linguistics. |
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indexes |
Publication: |
Netherlands |
Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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