Creole languages and language acquisition /

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Wekker, Herman.
Published: De Gruyter Mouton,
Publisher Address: Berlin ;Boston :
Publication Dates: [2011]
©1996
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs [tilsm] ; 86
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110811049
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Carrier Form: 1 online resource (205pages).
ISBN: 9783110811049
Index Number: PM7831
CLC: H07
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: Creole languages and language acquisition --
Part I Creolization as first-language acquisition --
Small steps or large leaps? Undergeneralization and overgeneralization in creole acquisition --
Creoles and the bankruptcy of current acquisition theory --
Comment on Bickerton's paper --
Ambient language and learner output in a creole environment --
Creole languages and parameter setting: A case study using Haitian Creole and the pro-drop parameter --
Part II Creolization as second-language acquisition --
Does creologeny really recapitulate ontogeny? --
The making of a language from a lexical point of view --
Creolization and the acquisition of English as a second language --
Part III Creolization as relexification --
The functional category "agreement" and creole genesis --
On the acquisition of nominal structures in the genesis of Haitian Creole