| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 307 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Creole language library,
0920-9026 ;
v. 18
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Creole language library ; v. 18.
0920-9026
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
CREOLE AND DIALECT CONTINUA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgments; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction: Developmental Continua; Abstract; 1. General issues in linguistic change; 2. Aspects of acquisitional studies; 2.1 Universalist explanations of acquisition; 2.2 The acquisition of second dialects; 2.3 Social attitudes and language/dialect acquisition; 2.4 Linguistic bias; 3. The linguistic analysis of nonstandard dialects; 3.1 Labovian sociolinguistics; 3.2 Language in oral discourse and pragmatics; 3.3 Theoretical framework for oral discourse. |
| Summary |
Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situati. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects.
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Creole dialects. |
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Dialectology.
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Dialectology. |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Sociolinguistics.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Pragmatics.
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Pragmatics. |
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English language -- Social aspects -- Belize.
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English language -- Social aspects. |
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Belize. |
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Chinese language -- Social aspects.
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Chinese language -- Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Escure, Geneviève. Creole and dialect continua. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1997 (DLC) 97004278 |
| ISBN |
9789027275868 (electronic book) |
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9027275866 (electronic book) |
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9781556191732 (alkaline paper) |
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1556191731 (alkaline paper) |
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1556191731 (alkaline paper) |
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9789027252401 |
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