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Publication details [#13730]

Wekker, Herman C., ed. 1996. Creole languages and Language Acquisition. (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 86). De Gruyter Mouton. vi + 205 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
creole | L1-acquisition
ISBN
3-11-014386-0

Annotation

The central issue of these workshop papers is whether the specific circumstances of the genesis of creole languages might have implications for our view of language acquisition in general and vice versa.

Articles in this volume

Aitchison, Jean. Small steps or large steps? Undergeneralization and overgeneralization in creole acquisition. 9–31
Bickerton, Derek. Creoles and the bankruptcy of current history theory. 33–43
Roeper, Thomas. Comment on Bickerton's paper. 45–49
Carrington, Lawrence D. Ambient language and learner output in a creole environment. 51–64
DeGraff, Michel. Creole languages and parameter setting: A case study using Haitian Creole and the pro-drop parameter. 65–105
Alleyne, Mervyn C. Does creologeny really recapitulate ontogeny? 109–118
Koefoed, Geert and Jacqueline Tarenskeen. The making of a language from a lexical point of view. 119–138
Wekker, Herman C. Creolization and the acquisition of English as a second language. 139–149
Lefebvre, Claire. The functional category 'agreement' and creole genesis. 153–183
Lumsden, John S. On the acquisition of nominal structures in the genesis of Haitian Creole. 185–205

Reviewed by

Schwegler, Armin. 1999. Review of $Creole languages and Language Acquisition.