| The Genesis of Discourse Grammar: Universals and Substrata in Guyanese, Hawaii Creole, and Japanese Contributor(s): Gilbert, Glenn (Editor), Masuda, Hirokuni (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820444480 ISBN-13: 9780820444482 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $101.27 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
| Dewey: 417.22 |
| LCCN: 99021319 |
| Series: Studies in Biblical Literature |
| Physical Information: 268 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hirokuni Masuda applies the modified Verse Analysis to the study of creole languages seeking evidence to support the two principal theories: universalist and substratist. Hawaii Creole manifests in discourse a universal feature of patterning, which is shared by Guyanese Creole as well as by Chinook Jargon. On the other hand, Hawaii Creole also shows an idiosyncratic phenomenon of numbering, which appears to have been linguistically transferred from Japanese as substratum. Dr. Masuda's research reinforces a hypothesis that both internal innate properties and external substratal factors need to be taken into account to explain the origin of creole discourse grammar. |
