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The missing Spanish creoles : recovering the birth of plantation contact languages /

John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McWhorter, John H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Where Are The Spanish Creoles?; 3. The Atlantic English-based Creoles; 4. The Creationist at a Cocktail Party; 5. Off the Plantation for Good; 6. Synthesis; 7. Conclusion; References; Index.