Noun phrases in Creole languages :: a multi-faceted approach /

This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser An...

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Other Authors: Baptista, Marlyse, Guéron, Jacqueline
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007.
Series:Creole language library ; v. 31.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilat.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 493 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027291820
9027291829
9789027252531
902725253X
ISSN:0920-9026 ;

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