Language complexity : typology, contact, change /
I examine the ways the minimal lexicon of a pidgin language, Chinook Jargon, gains maximal efficiency when put into use in a contemporary fictional text. The paper first describes the lexicon used from a structural point of view. It then examines the use of multifunctional lexical items in compariso...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autres auteurs: | , , |
Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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Collection: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 94. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |