Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole
This paper presents the earliest attestations in Virgin Islands English Creole of the diagnostic features of English-lexified contact languages proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). It compares the distribution of these features in Virgin Islands English Creole and in the seven Atlantic English-lexifi...
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| description | This paper presents the earliest attestations in Virgin Islands English Creole of the diagnostic features of English-lexified contact languages proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). It compares the distribution of these features in Virgin Islands English Creole and in the seven Atlantic English-lexified pidgins and creoles considered by Baker and Huber (2001). Also included is a discussion of a number of selected features. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-969ac7574e1f4cec8b01038d38305cef2022-12-22T01:30:43ZengEditura Universitatii din BucurestiBucharest Working Papers in Linguistics2069-92392069-92392011-11-01XIII2111128Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creoleAndrei A. AvramThis paper presents the earliest attestations in Virgin Islands English Creole of the diagnostic features of English-lexified contact languages proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). It compares the distribution of these features in Virgin Islands English Creole and in the seven Atlantic English-lexified pidgins and creoles considered by Baker and Huber (2001). Also included is a discussion of a number of selected features.http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/BWPL-_2011-_nr-2_A_-Avram.pdfdiagnostic featurescreolesAtlanticworld-wideCaribbean |
| spellingShingle | Andrei A. Avram Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics diagnostic features creoles Atlantic world-wide Caribbean |
| title | Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole |
| title_full | Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole |
| title_fullStr | Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole |
| title_short | Diagnostic features of English-lexified creoles: first attestations from Virgin Islands English creole |
| title_sort | diagnostic features of english lexified creoles first attestations from virgin islands english creole |
| topic | diagnostic features creoles Atlantic world-wide Caribbean |
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