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From Utterances to Speech Acts

By Mikhail Kissine

"Kissine offers a new theory of speech acts which is philosophically sophisticated and builds on work in cognitive science, formal semantics, and linguistic typology. This highly readable, brilliant essay is a major contribution to the field."

--François Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod


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Title: Language Change in Contact Languages
Subtitle: Grammatical and prosodic considerations
Edited By: J. Clancy Clements
Shelome Gooden
URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/bct.36
Series Title: Benjamins Current Topics 36
Description:

The studies in "Language Change in Contact Languages" showcase the contributions that the study of contact language varieties make to the understanding of phenomena such as relexification, transfer, reanalysis, grammaticalization, prosodic variation and the development of prosodic systems. Four of the studies deal with morphosyntactic issues while the other three address questions of prosody. The studies include data from the Atlantic creoles (Saramaccan, Sranan, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Creole, Trinidadian Creole, Papiamentu), as well as Singapore English. This volume, originally pulished as special issue of "Studies in Language" 33:2 (2009), aims to make the work of several language contact experts available to a wider audience. The studies will be of use to any student or scholar interested in different approaches to contact-induced language processes, particularly as they relate to morphosyntax and prosody.

Publication Year: 2011
Publisher: John Benjamins
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Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Historical Linguistics
Morphology
Phonology
Syntax
Language Contact
Subject Language(s): Creole, Haitian
Creole English, Jamaican
Papiamento
Saramaccan
Sranan Tongo
Creole English, Trinidadian

Versions:
Format: Electronic
ISBN-13: 9789027282552
Prices: U.S. $ 135.00
Europe EURO 90.00
 
Format: Hardback
ISBN-13: 9789027202550
Prices: U.K. £ 90.00
Europe EURO 95.40
U.S. $ 135.00