Book contents
- The Emergence of Hybrid Grammars
- Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
- The Emergence of Hybrid Grammars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Foreword
- Book part
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The agents of creole formation: geopolitics and cultural aspects of the Slave Coast
- 3 The emergence of creoles: a review of some current hypotheses
- 4 Competition and selection
- 5 The role of vulnerable interfaces in language change: the case of the D-system
- 6 The emergence of the clause left periphery
- 7 The emergence of serial verb constructions
- 8 Conclusions: some final remarks on hybrid grammars, the creole prototype, and language acquisition and change
- References
- Author index
- Language index
- Subject index
3 - The emergence of creoles: a review of some current hypotheses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2015
Book contents
- The Emergence of Hybrid Grammars
- Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
- The Emergence of Hybrid Grammars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Foreword
- Book part
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The agents of creole formation: geopolitics and cultural aspects of the Slave Coast
- 3 The emergence of creoles: a review of some current hypotheses
- 4 Competition and selection
- 5 The role of vulnerable interfaces in language change: the case of the D-system
- 6 The emergence of the clause left periphery
- 7 The emergence of serial verb constructions
- 8 Conclusions: some final remarks on hybrid grammars, the creole prototype, and language acquisition and change
- References
- Author index
- Language index
- Subject index
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- The Emergence of Hybrid GrammarsLanguage Contact and Change, pp. 60 - 112Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015