Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton: 9 (Creole Language Library) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027252297 ISBN 13: 9789027252296

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1991

Synopsis

This collection of original essays is intended to both celebrate Derek Bickerton's sixty-fifth birthday and honor his long and eminent career. Each author included in the volume is a noted scholar who has distinguished him/herself in some area of linguistics and has professionally or personally interacted with Bickerton and been influenced by his work. While the papers make independent thematic contributions, they also discuss, augment, present alternatives to, or are inspired in some way by Bickerton's seminal ideas or penetrating analyses. The book is organized into 5 sections, each a reflection of a major research period in Bickerton's career: Section 1: Identifying Creoles; Section 2: Language Variation; Section 3: Creole Processes; Section 4: Creole Syntax and Semantics; Section 5: Serial Verbs.

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Synopsis

This collection of original essays is intended to both celebrate Derek Bickerton's 65th birthday and honour his career. Each author in the volume is a noted scholar in linguistics and has professionally or personally interacted with Bickerton and been influenced by his work. While the papers make independent thematic contributions, they also discuss, argument, present alternatives to, or are inspired in some way by Bickerton's ideas or analyses. The book is organized into five sections, each a reflection of a major research period in Bickerton's career.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027252297
• ISBN 13: 9789027252296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232
• Editor: Byrne Francis, Huebner Thom