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Collecting recent work by John H. McWhorter on creole languages & their origins, this volume showcases many of his novel & controversial theories, including the claim that the differences between creoles & their source languages is much more than a matter of inflection.

Creolan languages --- Dialectology --- Creole dialects --- Linguistic change --- Grammar --- Lexicology --- Inflection --- Linguistic change. --- Grammar. --- Inflection. --- Lexicology. --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Creole languages --- Creolized languages --- Languages, Mixed --- Pidgin languages --- Creole dialects - Grammar --- Creole dialects - Lexicology --- Creole dialects - Inflection

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Americanismen --- Americanisms --- Américanismes --- Anglais des noirs --- Black English --- Ebonics --- Negerengels --- English language --- Social aspects --- United States --- Spoken English --- Variation --- Language and culture --- African Americans --- Language

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John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the ""limited access model"" of creole genesis is seriously flawed.

Creole dialects --- Pidgin languages --- Blacks --- Negroes --- Ethnology --- Contact vernaculars --- Hybrid languages --- Jargons --- Pidgeon languages --- Pigeon languages --- Lingua francas --- Languages, Mixed --- Creole languages --- Creolized languages --- History. --- Languages. --- Black persons --- Black people --- Languages --- History

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Saramaccan has been central to various debates regarding the origin and nature of creole languages. Being the most removed of all English-based creoles from European language structure in terms of phonology, morphology and syntax, it has been seen as one of the most extreme instantiations of the creolization process. This is the first full-length description of Saramaccan. The grammar documents, in particular, a valence-sensitive system of indicating movement and direction via serial verb constructions, hitherto overlooked amidst the generalized phenomenon of serialization itself.

Creolan languages --- Grammar --- Suriname --- Saramaccan language --- Creole dialects --- Creole languages --- Creolized languages --- Languages, Mixed --- Pidgin languages --- Creole dialects, English --- Saramaccan language. --- Creole dialects. --- Creole Language. --- Grammar. --- Language Change. --- Language Contact. --- Saramaccan.

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Creole languages lexified by Spanish and Portuguese have played a relatively small role in theories of creole genesis. This volume argues that there is not a priori reason to give English and French-based plantation creoles a preferential treatment, but shows that Iberian-based creoles demonstrate a diversity of complex circumstances that any overarching theory of creole genesis ought to take into account.

Creole dialects, Spanish --- Creole dialects, Portuguese --- Creole dialects --- Congresses --- History. --- Congresses. --- Spanish Creole languages --- Creole languages --- Creolized languages --- Languages, Mixed --- Pidgin languages --- Portuguese Creole languages --- History