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Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia /
"Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar?...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Cambridge approaches to language contact.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar? Through the study of Malay contact varieties such as Baba Malay, Cocos Malay and Sri Lanka Malay, as well as the Asian Portuguese vernacular of Macau, and China Coast Pidgin, the book explores the social and structural dynamics that underlie the fascinating phenomenon of the creation of new, or restructured, grammars. It emphasizes the importance and interplay of historical documentation, socio-cultural observation and linguistic analysis in the study of contact languages, offering an evolutionary framework for the study of contact language formation - including pidgins and Creoles - in which historical, socio-cultural and typological observations come together"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511641633 051164163X 0511639198 9780511639197 9780521863971 052186397X 9780511642203 0511642202 9780521682534 0521682533 0511847580 9780511847585 1107210178 9781107210172 0511640951 9780511640957 1282386522 9781282386525 9786612386527 6612386525 0511638124 9780511638121 0511640277 9780511640278 |