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UNINA9910456907103321 |
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Titolo |
Central American English [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Holm |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Heidelberg, : J. Groos, c1983 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-01239-1 |
9786613012395 |
90-272-8669-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Collana |
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Varieties of English around the world. Text series ; ; v. 2 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EscureGenevieĢve |
HolmJohn A |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creole dialects, English - Central America |
English language - Dialects - Central America |
English language - Caribbean Area |
English language - Central America |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Central American English; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; General Bibliography; ADDRESSES OF CONTRIBUTORS |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume is about the Anglophone creoles to be found on the Caribbean coast of Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), and its offshore islands (Providencia, San AndreĢs and the Caymans) . The study of these Anglophone varieties is comparatively recent and based on current field work from Belize to Panama. One of the interesting features that emerges is the tentative map of diachronic and synchronic relationsships among the Anglophone creoles of the Caribbean, as illustrated partly by the lexicon and partly by grammatical constructions. The studies in this book are |
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