The Acquisition of Creole Languages: How Children Surpass Their Input

by Dany Adone

How do children acquire a Creole as their first language? This relatively underexplored question is the starting point for this first book of its kind; it also asks how first language acquisition of a Creole differs from that of a non-Creole language. Dany Adone reveals that in the absence of a conventional language model, Creole children acquire language and go beyond the input they receive. This study discusses the role of input, a hotly debated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107499852
• ISBN13: 9781107499850
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"