The study of partially restructured vernaculars -- Social factors in partial restructuring -- The verb phrase -- The noun phrase -- The structure of clauses -- Conclusions
Summary
This book accounts for the structural differences between 'non-creole' language varieties - such as African-American English - and their European source languages. John Holm argues that these differences resulted from 'partial restructuring', whereby some of the source languages' features were retained, but many features from the non-native speakers' language were also introduced
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index
