Dynamics of a Creole System

by Derek Bickerton

Book Overview

In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community and assesses the implications the study has on generally accepted notions of the nature of language. Based on an extensive study of Guyana, South America, the volume analyses the bewildering diversity found in the syntax and underlying semantics of tense and aspect of the language of that country and shows that data which at first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521110157
• ISBN13: 9780521110150
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"