Relabeling in Language Genesis

by Claire Lefebvre

Relabeling is a process that assigns a lexical entry of language-x a new label derived from a phonetic string drawn from language-y. This process plays a central role in the formation of contact languages such as mixed languages, pidgins and creoles, and New Englishes. In this book, Claire Lefebrve offers a coherent picture of research on relabeling over the last 15 years, and replies to the questions that have been directed at the relabeling-based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199945314
• ISBN13: 9780199945313
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"