| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 304 pages) |
| Series |
Creole language library ; v. 28 |
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Creole language library ; v. 28
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| Contents |
History, Society and Variation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. HISTORY; LOUISIANA CREOLE AT THE PERIPHERY; USING AND INTERPRETING HISTORICAL TEXTS TO ANALYZE THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CREOLE LANGUAGES; LEXICAL ASPECTS OF FRENCH AND CREOLE IN SAINT-DOMINGUE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; THE LEXICALIZATION-GRAMMATICALIZATION CONTINUUM; CREOLE TRANSPLANTATION; II. SOCIETY; CREOLES, CAPITALISM, AND COLONIALISM; A CURIOSITY OF MAURITIAN CREOLE; THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CONDITIONS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A KOINE AMONG FRENCH-LEXIFIED CREOLE LANGUAGES |
| Summary |
This volume presents a collection of new articles by sixteen specialists in the field of pidgin and creole studies, assembled in honor of the world-renowned creolist, Albert Valdman. The articles, written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, are organized thematically in three sections: on the history of specific pidgins or creoles (including Louisiana Creole and Haitian Creole); on the sociohistorical settings that gave rise to these contact languages and issues affecting their future development; and on issues of linguistic variation and change. In keeping with Valdman's own primary i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Creole dialects.
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Linguistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clements, J. Clancy.
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Valdman, Albert.
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| LC no. |
2006048366 |
| ISBN |
9027252505 |
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902729352X (electronic bk.) |
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9789027252500 |
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9789027293527 (electronic bk.) |
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