Inheritance and innovation in a colonial language : towards a usage-based account of French Guianese Creole / William Jennings, Stefan Pfänder.
2018
PM7854.F7
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Title
Inheritance and innovation in a colonial language : towards a usage-based account of French Guianese Creole / William Jennings, Stefan Pfänder.
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9783319619521 (electronic book)
3319619527 (electronic book)
9783319619514
3319619527 (electronic book)
9783319619514
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language
English
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10.1007/978-3-319-61952-1 doi
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PM7854.F7
Dewey Decimal Classification
447/.9882
Summary
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.
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