| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 205 pages) |
| Series |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 86 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 86.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Creole languages and language acquisition -- Part I Creolization as first-language acquisition -- Small steps or large leaps? Undergeneralization and overgeneralization in creole acquisition -- Creoles and the bankruptcy of current acquisition theory -- Comment on Bickerton's paper -- Ambient language and learner output in a creole environment -- Creole languages and parameter setting: A case study using Haitian Creole and the pro-drop parameter -- Part II Creolization as second-language acquisition -- Does creologeny really recapitulate ontogeny? -- The making of a language from a lexical point of view -- Creolization and the acquisition of English as a second language -- Part III Creolization as relexification -- The functional category "agreement" and creole genesis -- On the acquisition of nominal structures in the genesis of Haitian Creole |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1996 |
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Online resource; title from cover (de Gruyter ReferenceGLobal, viewed November 19, 2011) |
| Subject |
Creole dialects -- Acquisition -- Congresses
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Language acquisition -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
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Language acquisition.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wekker, Herman
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| ISBN |
9783110143867 |
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3110143860 |
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9783110811049 |
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3110811049 |
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