Case-marking in contact :: the development and function of case morphology in Gurindji Kriol /

Until recently, mixed languages were considered an oddity of contact linguistics, with debates about whether or not they actually existed stifling much descriptive work or discussion of their origins. These debates have shifted from questioning their existence to a focus on their formation, and thei...

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1. Verfasser: Meakins, Felicity
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2011.
Schriftenreihe:Creole language library ; v. 39.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:Until recently, mixed languages were considered an oddity of contact linguistics, with debates about whether or not they actually existed stifling much descriptive work or discussion of their origins. These debates have shifted from questioning their existence to a focus on their formation, and their social and structural features. This book aims to advance our understanding of how mixed languages evolve by introducing a substantial corpus from a newly-described mixed language, Gurindji Kriol. Gurindji Kriol is spoken by the Gurindji people who live at Kalkaringi in northern Australia and is t.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 311 pages) : map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027284679
9027284679
1283280477
9781283280471

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