Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages.
Basic notions in the field of creole studies, including the category of "creole languages" itself, have been questioned in recent years: Can creoles be defined on structural or on purely sociohistorical grounds? Can creolization be understood as a graded process, possibly resulting in diff...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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John Benjamins Pub. Co.
2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- DEGREES OF RESTRUCTURING IN CREOLE LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction: "Degrees of restructuring" in creole languages?; Acknowledgements; References; Semi-creolization: Problemsin the development of theory; 1. Introduction; 2. Semi-creolization versus decreolization; 3. African American Vernacular English; 4. Brazilian Vernacular Portuguese; 5. Non-standard varieties of Caribbean Spanish (NSCS); 6. Afrikaans; 7. Réunionnais; 8. Conclusions; References; Theories of creolization and the degree and nature of restructuring; 1. Introduction.