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Relabeling is a process that assigns a lexical entry of language-x a new label derived from a phonetic string drawn from language-y. This process plays a central role in the formation of contact languages such as mixed languages, pidgins and creoles and New Englishes. In this book, Claire Lefebrve o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lefebvre, Claire
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Languages in contact.
Creole dialects.
Bilingualism.
Second language acquisition.
Construction grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Relabeling: A Central Process in Language Contact/Genesis
  • A Relabeling-Based Theory of Creole Genesis
  • Relabeling in Two Different Theories of the Lexicon / Renée Lambert-Brétière and Claire Lefebvre
  • Relabeling and Word Order: A Construction Grammar Perspective / Claire Lefebvre and Renée Lambert-Brétière
  • Relabeling options: On Some Differences between Haitian and Saramaccan
  • Relabeling and the Contribution of the Superstrate Languages to Creoles
  • Relabeling and the Typological Classification of Creoles
  • Conclusion: A Strong Alternative to the Bioprogram Hypothesis.