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Language change in contact languages : grammatical and prosodic considerations /

The studies in Language Change in Contact Languages showcase the contributions that the study of contact language varieties make to the understanding of phenomena such as relexification, transfer, reanalysis, grammaticalization, prosodic variation and the development of prosodic systems. Four of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Clements, J. Clancy, Gooden, Shelome
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Colección:Benjamins current topics ; v. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The studies in Language Change in Contact Languages showcase the contributions that the study of contact language varieties make to the understanding of phenomena such as relexification, transfer, reanalysis, grammaticalization, prosodic variation and the development of prosodic systems. Four of the studies deal with morphosyntactic issues while the other three address questions of prosody. The studies include data from the Atlantic creoles (Saramaccan, Sranan, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Papiamentu), as well as Singapore English. This volume, originally pulishe.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027282552
9027282552
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9781283359962
9027202559
9789027202550
9786613359964
6613359963
ISSN:1874-0081 ;