TY - BOOK ID - 77938412 TI - Creole and dialect continua : standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC) PY - 1997 SN - 1283327813 9786613327819 9027275866 9789027275868 9781556191732 1556191731 1556191731 9789027252401 9027252408 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : ©1997 J. Benjamins, DB - UniCat KW - Creole dialects. KW - Dialectology. KW - Language acquisition. KW - Sociolinguistics. KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Pragmatics. KW - English language KW - Chinese language KW - Germanic languages KW - Pragmalinguistics KW - General semantics KW - Language and languages KW - Logic, Symbolic and mathematical KW - Semantics (Philosophy) KW - Syntax KW - Language and society KW - Society and language KW - Sociology of language KW - Language and culture KW - Linguistics KW - Sociology KW - Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) KW - Acquisition of language KW - Developmental linguistics KW - Developmental psycholinguistics KW - Language development in children KW - Psycholinguistics, Developmental KW - Interpersonal communication in children KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Dialects KW - Creole languages KW - Creolized languages KW - Languages, Mixed KW - Pidgin languages KW - Syntax. KW - Social aspects KW - Social aspects. KW - Philosophy KW - Sociological aspects KW - Acquisition KW - Philology KW - Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax KW - Dialectology KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Creolan languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77938412 AB - Although there is a substantial amount of linguistic research on standard language acquisition, little attention has been given to the mechanisms underlying second dialect acquisition. Using a combination of function-based grammar and sociolinguistic methodology to analyze topic marking strategies, the unguided acquisition of a standard by speakers of nonstandard varieties is examined in two distinct linguistic and geographical situations: in a Caribbean creole situation (Belize), with special attention to the acquisition of acrolects by native speakers of basilects. ER -