The lexical basis of grammatical borrowing : a Prince Edward Island French case study /

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Author / Creator:King, Ruth Elizabeth, 1954-
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia [Pa.] : John Benjamins, c2000.
Description:xvi, 241 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 209
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4904483
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ISBN:1588110141 (US)
9027237166 (Eur.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-237) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. List of tables
  • 2. List of abbreviations
  • 3. Acknowledgements
  • 4. Chapter 1 Introduction
  • 5. Chapter 2 The sociohistorical background
  • 6. Chapter 3 Origins and development of Acadian French
  • 7. Chapter 4 Languages in contact
  • 8. Chapter 5 A grammatical sketch
  • 9. Chapter 6 The linguistic consequences of language contact
  • 10. Chapter 7 The semantic and syntactic reanalysis of lexical borrowings
  • 11. Chapter 8 Syntactic reanalysis and the preposition system
  • 12. Chapter 9 Borrowed wh-words and the structure of relative clauses
  • 13. Chapter 10 Conclusion
  • 14. Appendix A
  • 15. Appendix B
  • 16. References
  • 17. Index