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The lexical basis of grammatical borrowing : a Prince Edward Island French case study /

This book is a detailed study of French-English linguistic borrowing in Prince Edward Island, Canada which argues for the centrality of lexical innovation to grammatical change. Chapters 1-4 present the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted along with the sociolinguistic history of Aca...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: King, Ruth Elizabeth, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2000.
Colección:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 209.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • THE LEXICAL BASIS OF GRAMMATICAL BORROWING; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The sociohistorical background; Chapter 3. Origins and development of Acadian French; Chapter 4. Languages in contact:Theory and methodology; Chapter 5. A grammatical sketch; Chapter 6. The linguistic consequences of language contact: Codeswitching and borrowing; Chapter 7. The semantic and syntactic reanalysis of lexical borrowings: The case of back.