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200 14$aThe acquisition of Mauritian Creole$b[electronic resource] /$fDany Adone
210   $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$dc1994
215   $a1 online resource (179 p.)
225 1 $aLanguage acquisition & language disorders,$x0925-0123 ;$vv. 9
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a90-272-2474-9 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [151]-157) and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Creole languages; 3. A Creole in a multilingual society; 4. Methodology; 5. An outline of Mauritian Creole; 6. Tense, Mood and Aspect; 7. Modals; 8. The long and short forms of verbs; 9. Complex constructions; 10. Negation; 11. Empty categories; 12. The development of IP; 13. General conclusion; Notes; References; Appendix 1: List of tables; Appendix 2: Abbreviations used in the text; Index
330   $aThis work is based on an investigation of language acquisition process, particularly in regard to syntax, among Mauritian children learning to speak Mauritian Creole as their first language. As such, it is the first major study of the development of child grammar in a Creole context. Mauritian Creole, in common with many Creole languages, emerged under extreme conditions and, as an isolating language, Mauritian Creole is typologically different from languages where syntax is predominantly tied to morphology. There is thus an opportunity to broaden perspectives on language acquisition since unt
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