Language change in contact languages : grammatical and prosodic considerations /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Description:1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Series:Benjamins current topics, 1874-0081 ; v. 36
Benjamins current topics ; v. 36.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11123803
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Other authors / contributors:Clements, J. Clancy.
Gooden, Shelome.
ISBN:9789027282552
9027282552
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9781283359962
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9789027202550
9789027202550
9786613359964
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:The studies in Language Change in Contact Languages showcase the contributions that the study of contact language varieties make to the understanding of phenomena such as relexification, transfer, reanalysis, grammaticalization, prosodic variation and the development of prosodic systems. Four of the studies deal with morphosyntactic issues while the other three address questions of prosody. The studies include data from the Atlantic creoles (Saramaccan, Sranan, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Papiamentu), as well as Singapore English. This volume, originally pulishe.
Other form:Print version: Language change in contact languages. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011