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OverviewRelabeling is a process that assigns a lexical entry of language-x a new label derived from a phonetic string drawn from language-y. This process plays a central role in the formation of contact languages such as mixed languages, pidgins and creoles, and New Englishes. In this book, Claire Lefebrve offers a coherent picture of research on relabeling over the last 15 years, and replies to the questions that have been directed at the relabeling-based theory of creole genesis presented in Lefebvre (1998) and related work. It addresses such questions as: how does relabeling apply across language contact situations and across lexicons, and what constraints act upon it? What other processes apply in language genesis and how do they interact with relabeling? Can a relabeling-based theory of creole genesis really account for all of the features that a theory of creole genesis must be able to account for? Since relabeling applies to the lexical component of the grammar, different theories of the lexicon should make different predictions as to the nature of the lexical items to which the process can apply. Lefebvre discusses the predictions of a Construction Grammar framework and how they compare to those of the Principles and Parameters framework, and how each framework accounts for data. She analyzes how word order is established within a relabeling-based account of creole genesis, and the role that relabeling plays in accounting for the differences between creoles. Other topics discussed include the contribution of the superstrate language to a creole within a relabeling-based account of creole genesis, and the predictions of relabeling in terms of the typological classification of creoles. Lefebvre ultimately demonstrates how the relabeling-based theory of creole genesis constitutes a strong alternative to the Bioprogram Hypothesis. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Claire Lefebvre (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Quebec - Montreal)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780199945313ISBN 10: 0199945314 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 20 November 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Relabeling: A Central Process in Language Contact/Genesis Chapter 3: A Relabeling-Based Theory of Creole Genesis Chapter 4: Relabeling in Two Different Theories of the Lexicon Renée Lambert-Brétière and Claire Lefebvre Chapter 5: Relabeling and Word Order: A Construction Grammar Perspective Claire Lefebvre and Renée Lambert-Brétière Chapter 6: Relabeling options: On Some Differences between Haitian and Saramaccan Chapter 7: Relabeling and the Contribution of the Superstrate Languages to Creoles Chapter 8: Relabeling and the Typological Classification of Creoles Chapter 9: Conclusion: A Strong Alternative to the Bioprogram Hypothesis References Index of Subjects Index of AuthorsReviewsAuthor InformationClaire Lefebvre is Professor of Linguistics at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. She has worked for more than thirty years on the problem of creole genesis in all areas of the grammar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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