Creole and dialect continua :: standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC) /

Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies,...

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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©1997.
Schriftenreihe:Creole language library ; v. 18.
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Zusammenfassung:Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situati.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 307 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027275868
9027275866
9781556191732
1556191731
ISSN:0920-9026 ;

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