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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Neumann-Holzschuh, Ingrid (Editor ), Schneider, Edgar W. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.