TY - GEN AB - 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. AU - Jennings, William, AU - Pfänder, Stefan, CN - PM7854.F7 DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-61952-1 DO - doi ID - 825337 KW - Creole dialects, French KW - French Guianese. KW - Linguistic change. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-61952-1 N2 - 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. SN - 9783319619521 SN - 3319619527 T1 - Inheritance and innovation in a colonial language :towards a usage-based account of French Guianese Creole / TI - Inheritance and innovation in a colonial language :towards a usage-based account of French Guianese Creole / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-61952-1 ER -