Creolization and contact / edited by Norval Smith, Tonjes Veenstra.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
Benjamins,
©2001.
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| Series: | Creole language library ;
v. 23. |
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| Summary: | 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 pla. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 323 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0585461899 9780585461892 9027297711 9789027297716 128225460X 9781282254602 9786612254604 6612254602 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9026 ; |