Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar

Claire (Universite du Quebec, Montreal) Lefebvre

Cambridge University Press, 1999

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This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct levelling. 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.

ISBN-13
9780521593823
ISBN-10
0521593824
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1999
Publication date
1999-01-21
Pages
480
Dimensions
229x152x30
Weight
86