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Description:This innovative book sheds light on the genesis and typology of creole languages. Creole languages are new languages that developed in extraordinary language contact situations. Both European and non-European languages have provided the vocabulary of creoles in Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific and elsewhere. This book is based on the broadest sample of languages and structures ever used. An introductory part makes the book accessible to non-specialists, and includes presumed shared properties of creoles and guidance to computational phylogenetic methods adapted from biology. The contributors measure grammatical or semantic differences and evolutionary developments. Semantic and structural properties of creole languages are systematically compared with samples of non-creoles, including African languages. Visualizations display structural distances between creoles and older languages of the globe. Creoles differ structurally from African and other languages. These studies present examples of bottom-up language creation that provide insights into the creative capacities of the human mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creole Studies - Phylogenetic Approaches (Not in series). To get started finding Creole Studies - Phylogenetic Approaches (Not in series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This innovative book sheds light on the genesis and typology of creole languages. Creole languages are new languages that developed in extraordinary language contact situations. Both European and non-European languages have provided the vocabulary of creoles in Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Pacific and elsewhere. This book is based on the broadest sample of languages and structures ever used. An introductory part makes the book accessible to non-specialists, and includes presumed shared properties of creoles and guidance to computational phylogenetic methods adapted from biology. The contributors measure grammatical or semantic differences and evolutionary developments. Semantic and structural properties of creole languages are systematically compared with samples of non-creoles, including African languages. Visualizations display structural distances between creoles and older languages of the globe. Creoles differ structurally from African and other languages. These studies present examples of bottom-up language creation that provide insights into the creative capacities of the human mind.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Creole Studies - Phylogenetic Approaches (Not in series). To get started finding Creole Studies - Phylogenetic Approaches (Not in series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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