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Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter
| Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 pages) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects - Grammar
Creole dialects - Lexicology Creole dialects - Inflection Linguistic change |
| ISBN |
0-19-029040-4
0-19-772149-4 0-19-804441-0 1-280-53402-8 1-4237-2076-8 0-19-534723-4 1-4337-0085-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Part I: Is There Such a Thing as a Creole?; 1. Defining "Creole" as a Synchronic Term; 2. The World's Simplest Grammars Are Creole Grammars; 3. The Rest of the Story: Restoring Pidginization to Creole Genesis Theory; 4. Saramaccan and Haitian as Young Grammars: The Pitfalls of Syntactocentrism in Creole Genesis Research; 5. The Founder Principle versus the Creole Prototype: Squaring Theory with Data; Part II: Is Creole Change Different from Language Change in Older Languages?; 6. Looking into the Void: Zero Copula in the Creole Mesolect
7. The Diachrony of Predicate Negation in Saramaccan Creole: Synchronic and Typological Implications8. Sisters under the Skin: A Case for Genetic Relationship between the Atlantic English-Based Creoles; 9. Creole Transplantation: A Source of Solutions to Resistant Anomalies; 10. Creoles, Intertwined Languages, and "Bicultural Identity"; Part III: The Gray Zone: The Cline of Pidginization or the Inflectional Parameter?; 11. What Happened to English?; 12. Inflectional Morphology and Universal Grammar: Post Hoc versus Propter Hoc; 13. Strange Bedfellows: Recovering the Origins of Black English NotesReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824839403321 |
McWhorter John H.
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| New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter
| Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects - Grammar
Creole dialects - Lexicology Creole dialects - Inflection Linguistic change |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-804441-0
1-280-53402-8 1-4237-2076-8 0-19-534723-4 1-4337-0085-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Part I: Is There Such a Thing as a Creole?; 1. Defining "Creole" as a Synchronic Term; 2. The World's Simplest Grammars Are Creole Grammars; 3. The Rest of the Story: Restoring Pidginization to Creole Genesis Theory; 4. Saramaccan and Haitian as Young Grammars: The Pitfalls of Syntactocentrism in Creole Genesis Research; 5. The Founder Principle versus the Creole Prototype: Squaring Theory with Data; Part II: Is Creole Change Different from Language Change in Older Languages?; 6. Looking into the Void: Zero Copula in the Creole Mesolect
7. The Diachrony of Predicate Negation in Saramaccan Creole: Synchronic and Typological Implications8. Sisters under the Skin: A Case for Genetic Relationship between the Atlantic English-Based Creoles; 9. Creole Transplantation: A Source of Solutions to Resistant Anomalies; 10. Creoles, Intertwined Languages, and "Bicultural Identity"; Part III: The Gray Zone: The Cline of Pidginization or the Inflectional Parameter?; 11. What Happened to English?; 12. Inflectional Morphology and Universal Grammar: Post Hoc versus Propter Hoc; 13. Strange Bedfellows: Recovering the Origins of Black English NotesReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450289803321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter
| Defining creole / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (435 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects - Grammar
Creole dialects - Lexicology Creole dialects - Inflection Linguistic change |
| ISBN |
0-19-772149-4
0-19-804441-0 1-280-53402-8 1-4237-2076-8 0-19-534723-4 1-4337-0085-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Part I: Is There Such a Thing as a Creole?; 1. Defining "Creole" as a Synchronic Term; 2. The World's Simplest Grammars Are Creole Grammars; 3. The Rest of the Story: Restoring Pidginization to Creole Genesis Theory; 4. Saramaccan and Haitian as Young Grammars: The Pitfalls of Syntactocentrism in Creole Genesis Research; 5. The Founder Principle versus the Creole Prototype: Squaring Theory with Data; Part II: Is Creole Change Different from Language Change in Older Languages?; 6. Looking into the Void: Zero Copula in the Creole Mesolect
7. The Diachrony of Predicate Negation in Saramaccan Creole: Synchronic and Typological Implications8. Sisters under the Skin: A Case for Genetic Relationship between the Atlantic English-Based Creoles; 9. Creole Transplantation: A Source of Solutions to Resistant Anomalies; 10. Creoles, Intertwined Languages, and "Bicultural Identity"; Part III: The Gray Zone: The Cline of Pidginization or the Inflectional Parameter?; 11. What Happened to English?; 12. Inflectional Morphology and Universal Grammar: Post Hoc versus Propter Hoc; 13. Strange Bedfellows: Recovering the Origins of Black English NotesReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783678503321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter
| The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and culture
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-936160-6
0-19-936159-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION ; The Language Hoax; Chapter 1: Studies Have Shown; Hitting a Wall after a Long Night; Kind of Blue; Tribe without Paper or Pencils Mysteriously Weak at Portraiture; It Depends on Where You Stand; Mommy, the Park Is Covered with Squirrel! Can I Go Feed Some of It?; Language Is about All of Us; Chapter 2: Having It Both Ways?; Words versus Whorfianism; Rules of the Rain Forest?; Evidential Markers; The Irrelevance of Necessity; Not Those Things?
"No Word for X": Caveat LectorWho Thinks Otherwise?; Chapter 3: An Interregnum: On Culture; Whorfianism versus Words; There Are Words and There Are Words; What's with Stand-up Comedy?; Culture Shaping Grammar: It Happens; Language and Universals: A Clarification; Moving Along; Chapter 4: Dissing the Chinese; The Normal Language: Beyond English Indeed; A Blooming Mess; Choosing Which Differences Matter; Whorfianism and Thrift; The Dog That Doesn't Bark; When a Study Shows a Negative; Chapter 5: What's the Worldview from English?; As If; Dey In, Dey Out; Try, Try Again; Undercooked? Anglerfish Testicles and the FutureWhat's Significant?; Chapter 6: Respect for Humanity; Advocacy or Reportage?; Problem One-Honesty; Are Worldviews Always Noble?; Problem Two-Respect; Through the Microscope; Problem Three-Accuracy; What Is Enlightenment?; The Wonders of Sameness; Then Isn't Language Boring?; What Is Forward?; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465678003321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter
| The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and culture
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| ISBN |
0-19-936160-6
0-19-936159-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION ; The Language Hoax; Chapter 1: Studies Have Shown; Hitting a Wall after a Long Night; Kind of Blue; Tribe without Paper or Pencils Mysteriously Weak at Portraiture; It Depends on Where You Stand; Mommy, the Park Is Covered with Squirrel! Can I Go Feed Some of It?; Language Is about All of Us; Chapter 2: Having It Both Ways?; Words versus Whorfianism; Rules of the Rain Forest?; Evidential Markers; The Irrelevance of Necessity; Not Those Things?
"No Word for X": Caveat LectorWho Thinks Otherwise?; Chapter 3: An Interregnum: On Culture; Whorfianism versus Words; There Are Words and There Are Words; What's with Stand-up Comedy?; Culture Shaping Grammar: It Happens; Language and Universals: A Clarification; Moving Along; Chapter 4: Dissing the Chinese; The Normal Language: Beyond English Indeed; A Blooming Mess; Choosing Which Differences Matter; Whorfianism and Thrift; The Dog That Doesn't Bark; When a Study Shows a Negative; Chapter 5: What's the Worldview from English?; As If; Dey In, Dey Out; Try, Try Again; Undercooked? Anglerfish Testicles and the FutureWhat's Significant?; Chapter 6: Respect for Humanity; Advocacy or Reportage?; Problem One-Honesty; Are Worldviews Always Noble?; Problem Two-Respect; Through the Microscope; Problem Three-Accuracy; What Is Enlightenment?; The Wonders of Sameness; Then Isn't Language Boring?; What Is Forward?; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798509703321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter
| The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and culture
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
| ISBN |
0-19-936160-6
0-19-936159-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION ; The Language Hoax; Chapter 1: Studies Have Shown; Hitting a Wall after a Long Night; Kind of Blue; Tribe without Paper or Pencils Mysteriously Weak at Portraiture; It Depends on Where You Stand; Mommy, the Park Is Covered with Squirrel! Can I Go Feed Some of It?; Language Is about All of Us; Chapter 2: Having It Both Ways?; Words versus Whorfianism; Rules of the Rain Forest?; Evidential Markers; The Irrelevance of Necessity; Not Those Things?
"No Word for X": Caveat LectorWho Thinks Otherwise?; Chapter 3: An Interregnum: On Culture; Whorfianism versus Words; There Are Words and There Are Words; What's with Stand-up Comedy?; Culture Shaping Grammar: It Happens; Language and Universals: A Clarification; Moving Along; Chapter 4: Dissing the Chinese; The Normal Language: Beyond English Indeed; A Blooming Mess; Choosing Which Differences Matter; Whorfianism and Thrift; The Dog That Doesn't Bark; When a Study Shows a Negative; Chapter 5: What's the Worldview from English?; As If; Dey In, Dey Out; Try, Try Again; Undercooked? Anglerfish Testicles and the FutureWhat's Significant?; Chapter 6: Respect for Humanity; Advocacy or Reportage?; Problem One-Honesty; Are Worldviews Always Noble?; Problem Two-Respect; Through the Microscope; Problem Three-Accuracy; What Is Enlightenment?; The Wonders of Sameness; Then Isn't Language Boring?; What Is Forward?; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808968903321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Talking back, talking black : truths about America's Lingua Franca / / John McWhorter
| Talking back, talking black : truths about America's Lingua Franca / / John McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Bellevue Literary Press, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (100 pages) |
| Disciplina | 401.3 |
| Soggetto topico | Lingua francas |
| ISBN | 1-942658-21-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910165057203321 |
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McWhorter John H.
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| New York, New York : , : Bellevue Literary Press, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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