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Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar: The Case of Haitian Creole

Claire Lefebvre

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This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct leveling. The role of these processes is documented by a detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its two major contributing languages, French and Fongbe, to illustrate how mechanisms from source languages show themselves in creole. 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.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 13, 1999

ISBN: 0521593824

ISBN 13: 9780521593823

Creole Genesis and the Acquisition of Grammar: The Case of Haitian Creole

Claire Lefebvre

4/5 ( ratings)

This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct leveling. The role of these processes is documented by a detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its two major contributing languages, French and Fongbe, to illustrate how mechanisms from source languages show themselves in creole. 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.

Language: English

Pages: 480

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: February 13, 1999

ISBN: 0521593824

ISBN 13: 9780521593823

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