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HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES
De Gruyter 1998; US$ 280.00The fourth volume in a series on the languages of Amazonia. This volume includes grammatical descriptions of Wai Wai, Warekena, a comparative survey of morphosyntactic features of the Tupi-Guarani languages, and a paper on interclausal reference phenomena in Amahuaca. more...
HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES
De Gruyter 1990; US$ 210.00The fourth volume in a series on the languages of Amazonia. This volume includes grammatical descriptions of Wai Wai, Warekena, a comparative survey of morphosyntactic features of the Tupi-Guarani languages, and a paper on interclausal reference phenomena in Amahuaca. more...
Complex Processes in New Languages
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2009; US$ 158.00In recent years, there has been a new interest in evaluating ?complex? structures in languages. The implications of such studies are varied, e.g., the distinction between supposedly more complex and less complex languages, how complexity relates to human knowledge of language, and the role of the reduction or increase of complexity in language change... more...
The Morphosyntax of Reiteration in Creole and Non-Creole Languages
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 158.00This is a new contribution to a theory of reiteration in natural languages, with a special focus on creoles. Reiteration is meant to denote any situation where the same form occurs (at least) twice within the boundaries of some linguistic domain. By including two case studies bearing on Hebrew and Breton alongside five chapters on creole languages... more...
The Languages of the Andes
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 79.00The Andean and Pacific regions of South America are home to a remarkable variety of languages and language families, with a range of typological differences. This is the first book to document the region's indigenous languages in a single volume, providing both historical and contemporary information and detailed grammatical sketches. more...
The Acquisition of Mauritian Creole
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1994; US$ 143.00This work is based on an investigation of language acquisition process, particularly in regard to syntax, among Mauritian children learning to speak Mauritian Creole as their first language. As such, it is the first major study of the development of child grammar in a Creole context. Mauritian Creole, in common with many Creole languages, emerged under... more...
Creolization and Language Change
De Gruyter 1994; US$ 133.00Creolization and Language Change. more...
The Defective Copy Theory of Movement
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2012; US$ 158.00Within the framework of Chomsky?s Principles and Parameters Theory and the Minimalist Program, this work presents a detailed discussion of the different types of wh-question formation and relativization strategies in Cape Verdean Creole (Santiago variety), especially focusing on wh-movement of PPs. The book explores the Copy Theory of Movement, discussing... more...









