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Linguistic simplicity and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : why do languages undress? / / by John H. McWhorter
| Linguistic simplicity and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : why do languages undress? / / by John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Collana | Language contact and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Complexity (Linguistics)
Second language acquisition Languages in contact |
| Soggetto non controllato | Linguistics (Typologists), Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Contact, Dialects, Historical Linguistics |
| ISBN |
1-283-39634-3
9786613396341 1-934078-40-9 |
| Classificazione | EE 1650 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction The creole litmus test and the NCSL challenge -- I Creole exceptionalism -- Introduction to Section I -- Chapter 1 The creole prototype revisited and revised -- Chapter 2 Comparative complexity: What the creolist learns from Cantonese and Kabardian -- Chapter 3 Reconstructing creole: Has "Creole Exceptionalism" been seriously engaged? -- II Creole complexity -- Introduction to Section II -- Chapter 4 Oh, nɔɔ!: Emergent pragmatic marking from a bewilderingly multifunctional word -- Chapter 5 Hither and thither in Saramaccan Creole -- Chapter 6 Complexity hotspot: The copula in Saramaccan -- III Exceptional language change elsewhere -- Introduction to Section III -- Chapter 7 Why does a language undress? The Riau Indonesian problem -- Chapter 8 Affixless in Austronesian: Why Flores is a puzzle and what to do about it -- Chapter 9 A brief for the Celtic hypothesis: English in Box 5? -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781510503321 |
McWhorter John H
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| Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Linguistic simplicity and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : why do languages undress? / / by John H. McWhorter
| Linguistic simplicity and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : why do languages undress? / / by John H. McWhorter |
| Autore | McWhorter John H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Disciplina | 417/.22 |
| Collana | Language contact and bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Complexity (Linguistics)
Second language acquisition Languages in contact |
| Soggetto non controllato | Linguistics (Typologists), Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Contact, Dialects, Historical Linguistics |
| ISBN |
1-283-39634-3
9786613396341 1-934078-40-9 |
| Classificazione | EE 1650 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction The creole litmus test and the NCSL challenge -- I Creole exceptionalism -- Introduction to Section I -- Chapter 1 The creole prototype revisited and revised -- Chapter 2 Comparative complexity: What the creolist learns from Cantonese and Kabardian -- Chapter 3 Reconstructing creole: Has "Creole Exceptionalism" been seriously engaged? -- II Creole complexity -- Introduction to Section II -- Chapter 4 Oh, nɔɔ!: Emergent pragmatic marking from a bewilderingly multifunctional word -- Chapter 5 Hither and thither in Saramaccan Creole -- Chapter 6 Complexity hotspot: The copula in Saramaccan -- III Exceptional language change elsewhere -- Introduction to Section III -- Chapter 7 Why does a language undress? The Riau Indonesian problem -- Chapter 8 Affixless in Austronesian: Why Flores is a puzzle and what to do about it -- Chapter 9 A brief for the Celtic hypothesis: English in Box 5? -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818326903321 |
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McWhorter John H
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| Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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