Inheritance and Innovation in a Colonial Language : Towards a Usage-Based Account of French Guianese Creole

1st ed. 2018

by Stefan Pfander , William Jennings

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10 3319619519

ISBN-13 9783319619514

Edition 1st ed. 2018

Publisher Springer International Publishing AG

Imprint Springer International Publishing AG

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 11th, 2018

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 468 grams

Dimensions 15.60 x 22.00 x 2.40 cms

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This book takes a fresh approach to analysing how new languages are created, combining in-depth colonial history and empirical, usage-based linguistics.

This book takes a fresh approach to analysing how new languages are created, combining in-depth colonial history and empirical, usage-based linguistics. Focusing on a rarely studied language, the authors employ this dual methodology to reconstruct how multilingual individuals drew on their perception of Romance and West African languages to form French Guianese Creole. In doing so, they facilitate the application of a usage-based approach to language while simultaneously contributing significantly to the debate on creole origins. This innovative volume is sure to appeal to students and scholars of language history, creolisation and languages in contact.

Chapter 3 is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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