The morphosyntax of reiteration in Creole and non-Creole languages / edited by Enoch O. Aboh, Norval Smith, Anne Zribi-Hertz.

This is a new contribution to a theory of reiteration in natural languages, with a special focus on creoles. Reiteration is meant to denote any situation where the same form occurs (at least) twice within the boundaries of some linguistic domain. By including two case studies bearing on Hebrew and B...

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Other Authors: Aboh, Enoch Oladé, Smith, Norval, Zribi-Hertz, Anne
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
Series:Creole language library ; v. 43.
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Summary:This is a new contribution to a theory of reiteration in natural languages, with a special focus on creoles. Reiteration is meant to denote any situation where the same form occurs (at least) twice within the boundaries of some linguistic domain. By including two case studies bearing on Hebrew and Breton alongside five chapters on creole languages (Surinam creole, Haitian, Mauritian, São Tomé and Pitchi), this volume brings counter-evidence to the claim that reiteration phenomena are particularly typical of creoles. And by exploring the syntax of reiteration alongside its morphology, the autho.
Physical Description:1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789027274557
902727455X
1280690232
9781280690235
9786613667175
661366717X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.