History, society, and variation : in honor of Albert Valdman /

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This volume presents a collection of new articles by sixteen specialists in the field of pidgin and creole studies, assembled in honor of the world-renowned creolist, Albert Valdman. The articles, written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, are organized thematically in three sections: on th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Valdman, Albert, Clements, J. Clancy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2006.
Series:Creole language library ; v. 28.
Subjects:
Creole dialects.
Linguistics.
Linguistics
Linguistique.
linguistics.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Creole Languages.
Creole dialects
Creooltalen.
Frans.
Festschriften
Festschriften.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • History, Society and Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. HISTORY; LOUISIANA CREOLE AT THE PERIPHERY; USING AND INTERPRETING HISTORICAL TEXTS TO ANALYZE THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CREOLE LANGUAGES; LEXICAL ASPECTS OF FRENCH AND CREOLE IN SAINT-DOMINGUE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; THE LEXICALIZATION-GRAMMATICALIZATION CONTINUUM; CREOLE TRANSPLANTATION; II. SOCIETY; CREOLES, CAPITALISM, AND COLONIALISM; A CURIOSITY OF MAURITIAN CREOLE; THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A KOINE AMONG FRENCH-LEXIFIED CREOLE LANGUAGES.

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