ISBN: 9783319619514 - inheritance and innovation in a colonial language: towards a usage-based account of french guianese creole (8 Ergebnisse)

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: NEW.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book takes a fresh approach to analysing how new languages are created, combining in-depth colonial history and empirical, usage-based linguistics. Focusing on a rarely studied language, the authors employ this dual methodology to reconstruct how multilingual individuals drew on their perception of Romance and West African languages to form French Guianese Creole. In doing so, they facilitate the application of a usage-based approach to language while simultaneously contributing significantly to the debate on creole origins. This innovative volume is sure to appeal to students and scholars of language history, creolisation and languages in contact.Chapter 3 is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.…

Zustand: New. 2018. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 240 pages. 8.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. William Jennings is Senior Lecturer in French language, linguistics and culture at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. His research interests lie primarily within French colonial and encounter history, with a particular focus on the emergence of creo.