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This volume aims to rekindle interest in the question of whether insights from the study of second language (L2) acquisition can usefully be called on to provide explanations for pidgin and creole genesis, providing (mainly) creolist perspectives.1 Not surprisingly, the focus of several contribution...

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Published in:	Studies in second language acquisition Vol. 25; no. 2; p. 175
Main Authors:	Kouwenberg, Silvia, Patrick, Peter L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Cambridge University Press 01-06-2003
Subjects:	Creole genesis Creole languages Creoles Debates Diachronic analysis Grammar Language acquisition Language contact Learning transfer Linguistics Morphology Pidgins Second language learning Studies Theory New York United States > US
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Summary:	This volume aims to rekindle interest in the question of whether insights from the study of second language (L2) acquisition can usefully be called on to provide explanations for pidgin and creole genesis, providing (mainly) creolist perspectives.1 Not surprisingly, the focus of several contributions is on transfer in pidginization, creolization, and L2 acquisition. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:	0272-2631 1470-1545