| Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar: The Case of Haitian Creole Contributor(s): Lefebvre, Claire (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521593824 ISBN-13: 9780521593823 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct leveling. The role of these processes is documented by a detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its two major contributing languages, French and Fongbe, to illustrate how mechanisms from source languages show themselves in creole. The author examines the input of adult, as opposed to child, speakers and resolves the problems in the three main approaches, universalist, superstratist and substratist, which have been central to the recent debate on creole development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 417.22 |
| LCCN: 98-12930 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.29" W x 9.29" (1.90 lbs) 480 pages |