{"product_id":"creole-genesis-and-the-acquisition-of-grammar-the-case-of-haitian-creole-paperback-9780521025386","title":"Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar; The Case of Haitian Creole (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521025386","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Case of Haitian Creole\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn examination of creole genesis, showing how mechanisms from source languages show themselves in creole.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaire Lefebvre (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521025386, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 March 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages, 13 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.6 cm, 0.705 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...[this book] is a model of careful argumentation, including clear description of the methods and assumptions involved in the underlying research...the book is admittedly written for those with special interest in pidgin and creole languages...\"    Linguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis - relexification, reanalysis and direct levelling - processes which the author demonstrates play a significant role in language genesis and change in general. Dr Lefebvre argues that the creators of pidgins\/creoles use the parametric values of their native languages in establishing those of the language that they are creating and the semantic principles of their own grammar in concatenating morphemes and words in the new language. This theory is documented on the basis of a uniquely detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its contributing French and West African languages. Summarizing more than twenty years of funded research, the author examines the input of adult, as opposed to child, speakers and resolves the problems in the three main approaches, universalist, superstratist and substratist, which have been central to the recent debate on creole development.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. The problem of creole genesis and linguistic theory\u003cbr\u003e 2. Cognitive processes involved in creole genesis\u003cbr\u003e 3. The research methodology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Functional category lexical entries involved in nominal structure\u003cbr\u003e 5. The preverbal markers encoding relative tense, mood and aspect\u003cbr\u003e 6. Pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 7. Functional category lexical entries involved in the structure of the clause\u003cbr\u003e 8. The determiner and the structure of the clause\u003cbr\u003e 9. The syntactic properties of verbs\u003cbr\u003e 10. Are derivational affixes relexified? 11. The concatenation of words in compounds\u003cbr\u003e 12. Parameters\u003cbr\u003e 13. Evaluation of the hypothesis\u003cbr\u003e 14. Theoretical consequences\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Indexes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006172909848,"sku":"9780521025386","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521025386i_ff05644d-8742-4599-a33f-3292dd8bde51.jpg?v=1694964635","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creole-genesis-and-the-acquisition-of-grammar-the-case-of-haitian-creole-paperback-9780521025386","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}