Overview

Brings together studies on the early stages of creolization that are entirely based on historical data: early documents written in creole languages (Negerhollands, Sranan, Bajan) and demographic/socio-historical evidence on relevant former colonies (Surinam, Haiti, Martinique). The text discusses problems like creolization as first or second language acquisition, roles of substrate/superstrate and UG in creole genesis, and the differences between creole development and normal language change.

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Author:   Jacques Arends (University of Amsterdam)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   13
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9789027252340

ISBN 10:   9027252343
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   01 January 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowlegments; 2. Introdution (by Arends, Jacques); 3. Some Development Interferences from the Historical Studies of Pidgins and Creoles (by Baker, Philip); 4. Eighteenth-Century Negerhollands reflexives Revisited (by Voort, Hein van der); 5. Early Creole Writing and its Effects on the Discovery of Creole Language Structure: The Case of Eighteenth-Century Negerhollands (by Stein, Peter); 6. The Negerhollands Word sender in Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts (by Hinskens, Frans L.); 7. Early Bajan: Creole or Non-creole? (by Fields, Linda); 8. The Emergence of taki as a Complementizer in Sranan: On Substrate Influence, Universals, and Gradual Creolization (by Plag, Ingo); 9. Relative Clauses in Early Sranan (by Bruyn, Adrienne); 10. The Demographics of Creole Genesis in the Caribbean: A Comparison of Martinique and Haiti (by Singler, John Victor); 11. Demographic Factors in the Formation of Sranan (by Arends, Jacques)

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