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This book presents an empirical study of syllable structure and
phonotactic restructuring in six Caribbean creoles with Dutch,
English and French as main lexifier languages. It is shown that,
although some structures are more commonly permitted than others,
there is considerable cross-creole variation, especially with
respect to word-final structures. The findings provide support for
recent SLA approaches to the emergence of creole phonology.
The new and updated third edition of this highly successful
textbook contains an additional chapter that presents modern
empirical research methods in the form of exemplary small-scale
studies. In these projects the authors invite the reader to develop
and address research questions from phonetics/phonology, morphology
and syntax. The pertinent experimental and corpus-linguistic
techniques are introduced and students are familiarized with some
basic statistical tools necessary for the analysis of the data. The
major difference between this book and its potential competitors
lies in its hands-on didactic orientation, with a strong focus on
linguistic analysis and argumentation. Language and linguistic
theory are approached from a strictly empirical perspective: given
a certain set of data to be accounted for, theoretical and
methodological problems must be solved in order to analyze and
understand the data properly. The book is not written from the
perspective of a particular theoretical framework and draws on
insights from various research traditions. Introduction to English
Linguistics concentrates on gaining expertise and analytical skills
in the traditional core areas of linguistics, i.e. phonology,
morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. The chapter on
"Extensions and applications" widens the perspective to other areas
of linguistic research, such as historical, socio- and
psycholinguistics. Each chapter is accompanied by exercises and
suggestions for further reading. A glossary and an index facilitate
access to terms and topics.
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