| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 185 pages) : illustrations |
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Varieties of English around the world. G. ; v. 2 |
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Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 2
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| Contents |
Introduction / Richard R. Day -- Creolization, linguistic universals, natural semantax, and the brain / Derek Bickerton -- The adequacy of certain theories in accounting for important grammatical relationships in a creole language / Robert A. Peters -- On the notion of decreolization and St. Kitts Creole personal pronouns / Vincent O. Cooper -- The creole situation in the context of sociolinguistic studies / Donald Winford -- How does doz disappear? / John R. Rickford -- From preposition to complementizer in Caribbean English Creole / William Washabaugh -- A Creole English continuum and the theory of grammar / Dennis R. Craig -- Bahamian English, a non-continuum? / Alison Shilling -- Sufficiency conditions for a prior creolization of Black English / Robert Berdan -- Lexicalization in Black English / Carol W. Pfaff |
| Summary |
The purpose of this volume is to make more accessible, for the use of researchers and students in the field of pidgins and creoles, presentations of the third International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Honolulu, 1975, dealing with English-based creoles. Aside from their documentary value, the ten papers of this volume are of interest for several reasons: they contain interesting data and observations on the languages themselves, in particular Trinidadian Creole, Guyanese Creole, St. Kitts Creole, and Bahamian English. Additionally, the contributions are significant for the insights the |
| Notes |
Papers first presented at the International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 5-10, 1975 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Creole dialects, English -- Congresses
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Creole dialects, English -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Creole dialects, English
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Kongress
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Black English.
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Kreolisch-Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Day, Richard R.
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International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles (1975 : Honolulu, Hawaii)
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| ISBN |
9789027286710 |
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902728671X |
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