Deconstructing Creole (Typological Studies in Language, 73, Band 73) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027229856 ISBN 13: 9789027229854

Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

Deconstructing Creole is a collection of studies aimed at critically assessing the idea of creole languages as a homogeneous structural type with shared and peculiar patterns of genesis. Following up on the critical discussion of notions of ‘creole exceptionalism’ as historical and ideological constructs, this volume tests the basic assumptions that underlie current attempts to present ‘creole structure’ as a special type, from typological as well as sociohistorical perspectives. The sum of the findings presented here suggests that careful empirical investigation of input varieties and contact environments can explain the structural output without recourse to an exceptional genesis scenario. Echoing calls to dissolve the notion of ‘creolization’ as a special diachronic process, this volume proposes that theoretically grounded approaches to the notions of simplicity, complexity, transmission, etc. do not warrant considering so-called ‘creole’ languages as a special synchronic type.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9027229856
• ISBN 13: 9789027229854
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290
• Herausgeber: Ansaldo Umberto, Matthews Stephen, Lim Lisa
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• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar