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UNINA9910780084603321 |
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Autore |
McWhorter John H |
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Titolo |
The missing Spanish creoles : recovering the birth of plantation contact languages / / John H. McWhorter |
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Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-520-92349-9 |
1-59734-756-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creole dialects - Caribbean Area - History |
Pidgin languages - History |
Black people - Africa, West - Languages |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-263) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Where Are The Spanish Creoles?; 3. The Atlantic English-based Creoles; 4. The Creationist at a Cocktail Party; 5. Off the Plantation for Good; 6. Synthesis; 7. Conclusion; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the ""limited access model"" of creole genesis is seriously flawed. |
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