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OverviewA Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar of English Creoles provides a detailed, comprehensive description of the morphology, grammar, and syntax of a selected number of English creoles, including those spoken on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific. This book: • Focuses on a number of traditional grammatical categories to provide a comprehensive description and discussion of these languages; • Identifies not only how creoles differ from their lexifier, but also how they differ from one another; • Provides effective comparative descriptions to enable an insightful understanding of language evolution. This book will be ideal supplementary reading for students and researchers of linguistics, and will particularly appeal to those with an interest in descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, World Englishes, contact and creole linguistics, and language policy and planning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anand SyeaPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780367897369ISBN 10: 0367897369 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 27 November 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Nouns Chapter 3 Determiners Chapter 4 Pronouns Chapter 5 Adjectives and Adverbs Chapter 6 Verbs Chapter 7 Tense, Modality, and Aspect Chapter 8 Prepositions Chapter 9 Clausal Complements Chapter 10 Questions Chapter 11 Relative Clauses Chapter 12 Foregrounding Constructions Chapter 13 Negation Chapter 14 Sentence StructureReviewsAuthor InformationAnand Syea is a Reader in Linguistics within the Humanities department at the University of Westminster, UK. He is the author of French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar (Routledge, 2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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