In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for
language variation in a Creole-speaking community and assesses the
implications the study has on generally accepted notions of the
nature of language. Based on an extensive study of Guyana, South
America, the volume analyses the bewildering diversity found in the
syntax and underlying semantics of tense and aspect of the language
of that country and shows that data which at first sight appear
merely chaotic in fact represent different developmental stages of
the language existing side by side in the contemporary community.
The volume also offers strong support for theories of Creole
origins of 'Black English' in the United States. It should be of
interest not only to those linguists involved in Creole and pidgin
studies but also to anyone concerned with general linguistic
theory.
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