Interfaces and domains of contact-driven restructuring : aspects of Afro-Hispanic linguistics /
Sessarego, Sandro,
Interfaces and domains of contact-driven restructuring : aspects of Afro-Hispanic linguistics / Sandro Sessarego. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - pages cm - Cambridge studies in linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Afro-Hispanic Languages of the Americas (AHLAs) present a number of grammatical similarities that have traditionally been ascribed to a previous creole stage. Approaching creole studies from contrasting standpoints, this groundbreaking book provides a new account of these phenomena. How did these features come about? What linguistic mechanisms can account for their parallel existence in several contact varieties? How can we formalize such mechanisms within a comprehensive theoretical framework? How can these new datasets help us test and refine current formal theories, which have primarily been based on standardized language data? In addressing these important questions, this book not only casts new light on the nature of the AHLAs, it also provides new theoretical and methodological perspectives for a more integrated approach to the study of contact-driven restructuring across language interfaces and linguistic domains"--
9781108987189
2021024841
Creole dialects, Spanish--Andes Region.
Spanish language--Foreign elements--African.
African languages--Influence on Spanish.
Languages in contact--Andes Region.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
PM7844.A26 / S47 2021
417/.22
Interfaces and domains of contact-driven restructuring : aspects of Afro-Hispanic linguistics / Sandro Sessarego. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2021. - pages cm - Cambridge studies in linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The Afro-Hispanic Languages of the Americas (AHLAs) present a number of grammatical similarities that have traditionally been ascribed to a previous creole stage. Approaching creole studies from contrasting standpoints, this groundbreaking book provides a new account of these phenomena. How did these features come about? What linguistic mechanisms can account for their parallel existence in several contact varieties? How can we formalize such mechanisms within a comprehensive theoretical framework? How can these new datasets help us test and refine current formal theories, which have primarily been based on standardized language data? In addressing these important questions, this book not only casts new light on the nature of the AHLAs, it also provides new theoretical and methodological perspectives for a more integrated approach to the study of contact-driven restructuring across language interfaces and linguistic domains"--
9781108987189
2021024841
Creole dialects, Spanish--Andes Region.
Spanish language--Foreign elements--African.
African languages--Influence on Spanish.
Languages in contact--Andes Region.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
PM7844.A26 / S47 2021
417/.22