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Development and structures of Creole languages : essays in honor of Derek Bickerton / editors, Francis Byrne, Thom Huebner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Creole language library ; 9.
- Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Creole dialects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations, charts
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : J. Benjamins Pub., 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of original essays is intended to both celebrate Derek Bickerton's sixty-fifth birthday and honor his long and eminent career. Each author included in the volume is a noted scholar who has distinguished him/herself in some area of linguistics and has professionally or personally interacted with Bickerton and been influenced by his work. While the papers make independent thematic contributions, they also discuss, augment, present alternatives to, or are inspired in some way by Bickerton's seminal ideas or penetrating analyses. The book is organized into 5 sections.
- Contents:
- section 1. Identifying Creoles
- section 2. Language variation
- section 3. Creole processes
- section 4. Creole syntax and semantics
- section 5. Serial verbs.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-32818-6
- 9786613328182
- 90-272-7782-6
- OCLC:
- 772227352
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