This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct levelling. The role of these processes is documented by a detailed comparison of Haitian creole with its two major contributing languages, French and Fongbe, to illustrate how mechanisms from source languages show themselves in creole.

480 pages, 13 tables

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	January 21, 1999
ISBN13	9780521593823
Publishers	Cambridge University Press
Pages	480
Dimensions	152 × 229 × 30 mm · 791 g (Weight (estimated))

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