Publication

2006-03-30 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

119,750 words, Guess

Page Count

479 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7714204M
  • ISBN-100521025389
  • ISBN-139780521025386
  • LibraryThing9224027
  • Goodreads6868654
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  • Library of Congress Control Number2006280760
  • OCLC Control Number71007434
  • Better World Books9780521025386

Classifications

  • LCCPM7854.H3 L44 2006
  • DDC417/.22
  • LCCPM7854.H3 L44 1998

Description

"This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis - reflexification, reanalysis and dialect levelling - processes which the author demonstrates play a significant role in language genesis and change in general." "Dr. Lefebvre argues that the creators of pidgins/creoles use the parametric values of their native languages in establishing those of the language that they are creating and the semantic principles of their own grammar in concatenating morphemes and words in the new language. This theory is documented on the basis of a uniquely detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its contributing French and West African languages."--Jacket.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar: The Case of Haitian Creole (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)PaperbackCambridge University Press2006-03-30

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