ID - 30591414 TI - The acquisition of Creole languages : how children surpass their input PY - 2012 SN - 9781107499850 9780521199650 0521199654 9781139043366 9781139516419 1139516418 9781139518260 1139518267 1139043366 9781139514767 1107499852 1139507796 1107223911 1280773863 9786613684639 1139517333 1139514768 1139513834 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Creolan languages KW - Creole dialects. KW - Langues créoles KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Creole dialects KW - Language acquisition KW - Children KW - Language KW - Language acquisition. KW - Langage KW - Enfants KW - Language. KW - Acquisition KW - Language development in children KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Language and languages KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Creole languages KW - Creolized languages KW - Languages, Mixed KW - Pidgin languages KW - Vocabulary KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Children - Language UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30591414 AB - 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 issue in the field of first language acquisition, and provides support for the nativist approach in the debate between nativism and input-based models. The Acquisition of Creole Languages will be essential reading for those in the fields of First Language Acquisition and Creole Studies. Adone takes an interdisciplinary approach, and uses insights from the acquisition of language in the visual modality, making this of great interest to those in the field of Sign Linguistics. ER -