Languages in contact :: the partial restructuring of vernaculars /

This book accounts for the structural differences between 'non-creole' language varieties - such as African-American English - and their European source languages. John Holm argues that these differences resulted from 'partial restructuring', whereby some of the source languages&...

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Main Author: Holm, John A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This book accounts for the structural differences between 'non-creole' language varieties - such as African-American English - and their European source languages. John Holm argues that these differences resulted from 'partial restructuring', whereby some of the source languages' features were retained, but many features from the non-native speakers' language were also introduced.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 175 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index.
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