Dynamics of a Creole System

Klappentext In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community. Zusammenfassung In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community and assesses the implications the study has on generally accepted notions of the nature of language. The volume also offers strong support for theories of Creole origins of 'Black English' in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Problems in the description of creole systems; 2. The basilectal verb-phrase; 3. From basilect to mesolect; 4. From mesolect to acrolect; 5. Implications for linguistic theory; Appendices 1-3; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Derek Bickerton, Bickerton Derek, Bickerton Derek
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521110150
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11015-0
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Pidgins and Creoles, Pidgins & Creoles