1255 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CLL 18 Hb 15 9789027252401 06 10.1075/cll.18 13 97004278 00 BB 01 245 mm 02 164 mm 08 530 gr 10 01 JB code CLL 02 0920-9026 02 18.00 01 02 Creole Language Library Creole Language Library 01 01 Creole and Dialect Continua Standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC) Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC) 1 A01 01 JB code 1649 Geneviève Escure Escure, Geneviève Geneviève Escure University of Minnesota 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/1649 01 eng 11 318 03 03 x 03 00 307 03 01 21 417/.22 03 1997 PM7831 04 Creole dialects. 04 Dialectology. 04 Language acquisition. 04 Sociolinguistics. 04 Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax. 04 Pragmatics. 04 English language--Social aspects--Belize. 04 Chinese language--Social aspects. 10 LAN009000 12 CF 24 JB code LIN.CONT Contact Linguistics 24 JB code LIN.CREO Creole studies 24 JB code LIN.LA Language acquisition 01 06 02 00 This work examines the unguided acquisition of a standard language by speakers of nonstandard varieties in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize); and in a non-creole situation (PRC) in China. 03 00 Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situation (PRC), documenting the acquisition of standard Chinese (Putonghua) by speakers of nonstandard varieties represented in Cultural Revolution literature, Wuhan Chinese, and Suzhou Wu story-telling style. In both cases psychosocial factors, linguistic bias toward nonnative renderings of the standard varieties, the social status of their speakers, and related political and educational consequences play an important role in the development of second dialects. The broad-ranging analysis of a single feature of oral discourse leads to the formulation of cross-linguistic generalizations in acquisition studies and results in an evaluation of the putative uniqueness of creole languages. Related issues addressed include the effect of linguistic bias on the development and use of language varieties by marginalized groups; the interaction of three major language components — semantics, syntax, and pragmatics — in spontaneous communication; and the development of methods to identify discourse units. The ultimate goal underlying the comparison of specific discourse variables in Belizean and Chinese standard acquisition is to evaluate the relative merits of substratal, superstratal, and universal explanations in language development. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/cll.18.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027252401.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027252401.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/cll.18.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/cll.18.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/cll.18.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/cll.18.hb.png 01 01 JB code cll.18.01ack 06 10.1075/cll.18.01ack v Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Acknowledgments Acknowledgments 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.02int 06 10.1075/cll.18.02int 1 Introduction 2 01 04 Introduction: Developmental continua Introduction: Developmental continua 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.03the 06 10.1075/cll.18.03the 25 Chapter 3 01 04 The Belizean speech community and the use of English The Belizean speech community and the use of English 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.04cre 06 10.1075/cll.18.04cre 57 Chapter 4 01 04 Creole acrolects as innovations Creole acrolects as innovations 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.05the 06 10.1075/cll.18.05the 89 Chapter 5 01 04 The interaction of syntax and pragmatics in acrolets: Topic marking The interaction of syntax and pragmatics in acrolets: Topic marking 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.06soc 06 10.1075/cll.18.06soc 125 Chapter 6 01 04 Sociolinguistic perspectives on Chinese Sociolinguistic perspectives on Chinese 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.07top 06 10.1075/cll.18.07top 151 Chapter 7 01 04 Topic mechanisms in Chinese: An overview Topic mechanisms in Chinese: An overview 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.08lit 06 10.1075/cll.18.08lit 185 Chapter 8 01 04 Literary and colloquial Putonghua Literary and colloquial Putonghua 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.09top 06 10.1075/cll.18.09top 223 Chapter 9 01 04 Topic strategies in varieties of Putonghua as second dialects Topic strategies in varieties of Putonghua as second dialects 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.10con 06 10.1075/cll.18.10con 263 Chapter 10 01 04 Conclusions: Pragmatic universals in second dialect acquisitiom Conclusions: Pragmatic universals in second dialect acquisitiom 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.11bib 06 10.1075/cll.18.11bib 289 Miscellaneous 11 01 04 Bibliography Bibliography 01 eng 01 01 JB code cll.18.12ind 06 10.1075/cll.18.12ind 303 Miscellaneous 12 01 04 Index Index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/cll.18 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 00 19970306 C 1997 John Benjamins Publishing Company 02 WORLD WORLD US CA MX 09 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 21 9 20 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 120.00 EUR 02 00 Unqualified price 02 101.00 01 Z 0 GBP GB US CA MX 01 01 JB 2 John Benjamins Publishing Company +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 21 9 20 01 00 Unqualified price 02 JB 1 02 180.00 USD 448013173 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code CLL 18 GE 15 9789027275868 06 10.1075/cll.18 00 EA E133 10 01 JB code CLL 02 JB code 0920-9026 02 18.00 01 02 Creole Language Library Creole Language Library 01 01 Creole and Dialect Continua Creole and Dialect Continua 1 A01 01 JB code 1649 Geneviève Escure Escure, Geneviève Geneviève Escure University of Minnesota 01 eng 11 318 03 03 x 03 00 307 03 24 JB code LIN.CONT Contact Linguistics 24 JB code LIN.CREO Creole studies 24 JB code LIN.LA Language acquisition 10 LAN009000 12 CF 01 06 02 00 This work examines the unguided acquisition of a standard language by speakers of nonstandard varieties in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize); and in a non-creole situation (PRC) in China. 03 00 Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situation (PRC), documenting the acquisition of standard Chinese (Putonghua) by speakers of nonstandard varieties represented in Cultural Revolution literature, Wuhan Chinese, and Suzhou Wu story-telling style. In both cases psychosocial factors, linguistic bias toward nonnative renderings of the standard varieties, the social status of their speakers, and related political and educational consequences play an important role in the development of second dialects. The broad-ranging analysis of a single feature of oral discourse leads to the formulation of cross-linguistic generalizations in acquisition studies and results in an evaluation of the putative uniqueness of creole languages. Related issues addressed include the effect of linguistic bias on the development and use of language varieties by marginalized groups; the interaction of three major language components — semantics, syntax, and pragmatics — in spontaneous communication; and the development of methods to identify discourse units. 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Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects, and in a noncreole situation (PRC), documenting the acquisition of standard Chinese (Putonghua) by speakers of nonstandard varieties represented in Cultural Revolution literature, Wuhan Chinese, and Suzhou Wu story-telling style. In both cases psychosocial factors, linguistic bias toward nonnative renderings of the standard varieties, the social status of their speakers, and related political and educational consequences play an important role in the development of second dialects. The broad-ranging analysis of a single feature of oral discourse leads to the formulation of cross-linguistic generalizations in acquisition studies and results in an evaluation of the putative uniqueness of creole languages. Related issues addressed include the effect of linguistic bias on the development and use of language varieties by marginalized groups; the interaction of three major language components — semantics, syntax, and pragmatics — in spontaneous communication; and the development of methods to identify discourse units. 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