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Author:   Claire Lefebvre (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Quebec - Montreal)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.20cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780199945313

ISBN 10:   0199945314
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   20 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface List of Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Relabeling: A Central Process in Language Contact/Genesis Chapter 3: A Relabeling-Based Theory of Creole Genesis Chapter 4: Relabeling in Two Different Theories of the Lexicon Renée Lambert-Brétière and Claire Lefebvre Chapter 5: Relabeling and Word Order: A Construction Grammar Perspective Claire Lefebvre and Renée Lambert-Brétière Chapter 6: Relabeling options: On Some Differences between Haitian and Saramaccan Chapter 7: Relabeling and the Contribution of the Superstrate Languages to Creoles Chapter 8: Relabeling and the Typological Classification of Creoles Chapter 9: Conclusion: A Strong Alternative to the Bioprogram Hypothesis References Index of Subjects Index of Authors

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Claire Lefebvre is Professor of Linguistics at the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. She has worked for more than thirty years on the problem of creole genesis in all areas of the grammar.

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