Linguistic Simplicity and Complexity : Why Do Languages Undress?.

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In John McWhorter's Defining Creole anthology of 2005, his collected articles conveyed the following theme: His hypothesis that creole languages are definable not just in the sociohistorical sense, but in the grammatical sense. His publicationssince the 1990s have argued that all languages of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McWhorter, John H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011.
Series:Language Contact and Bilingualism LCB ; 1.
Subjects:
Complexity (Linguistics)
Second language acquisition.
Languages in contact.
Complexité (Linguistique)
Langue seconde > Acquisition.
Langues en contact.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Languages in contact
Second language acquisition
Komplexität
Lexikologie
Sprachkontakt
Kreolische Sprachen
Sprachwandel
Grammatik
Flexion
Linguistics (Typologists), Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Contact, Dialects, Historical Linguistics.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Introduction: The creole litmus test and the NCSL challenge; I Creole exceptionalism; II Creole complexity; III Exceptional language change elsewhere; References; Index.

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