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Description:This is the first book to present an in-depthexamination and comparison of grammaticalphenomena in both Black English and New World English-lexicon Creoles. The volume's concentration on verb phrase patterns adds focus and coherence to the discussion. The contributors include highly respected scholars and very promising younger scholars who have already made their presence felt. Most of the contributors are also native speakers of the languages they describe. Their insights, therefore, are drawn from an extremely rich data base of scholarship, personal experience, and intuition. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of several areas of predication inBlack English and Creole, namely the copulasystem, modality, features of the tense/aspect system, and passivization. Several essays devote attention specifically to the relationships between Black English andCreole verb phrase patterns, including twoclassic essays that link the study of BlackEnglish to that of New World Creoles. Thebalance of the essays present original analyses of various aspects of predication and explore theoretical issues that havereceived little attention in the literature. Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole provides insight not only into areas of Black English and Creole grammar but also goes on to establish a basis for further research on these varieties, forging a link between the past and the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole (African American Life). To get started finding Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole (African American Life), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This is the first book to present an in-depthexamination and comparison of grammaticalphenomena in both Black English and New World English-lexicon Creoles. The volume's concentration on verb phrase patterns adds focus and coherence to the discussion. The contributors include highly respected scholars and very promising younger scholars who have already made their presence felt. Most of the contributors are also native speakers of the languages they describe. Their insights, therefore, are drawn from an extremely rich data base of scholarship, personal experience, and intuition. The book provides a comprehensive treatment of several areas of predication inBlack English and Creole, namely the copulasystem, modality, features of the tense/aspect system, and passivization. Several essays devote attention specifically to the relationships between Black English andCreole verb phrase patterns, including twoclassic essays that link the study of BlackEnglish to that of New World Creoles. Thebalance of the essays present original analyses of various aspects of predication and explore theoretical issues that havereceived little attention in the literature. Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole provides insight not only into areas of Black English and Creole grammar but also goes on to establish a basis for further research on these varieties, forging a link between the past and the future.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole (African American Life). To get started finding Verb Phrase Patterns in Black English and Creole (African American Life), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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