This book explores a relatively little investigated area of creole languages, word-formation. It provides the most comprehensive account so far of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested in the input languages. One of the few studies of creole morphology based on historical data, the book discusses the theoretical problems arising with the historical analysis of creole word-formation and provides an analysis along the lines of Booij's (2005, 2007) Construction Morphology in which the assumed boundaries between affixation, compounding and syntactic constructions play a very minor role. It shows that Early Sranan word-formation is characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The emergence of Early Sranan word-formation involved multiple sources (the input languages, universals, language-internal development) and different mechanisms (reanalysis of free morphemes as derivational markers, adaptation of superstrate complex words, transfer from the substrates and the creation of innovations). The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor, such as superstrate or substrate influence.

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.

WAPOR Latinoamerica (World Association for Public Opinion Research) es una institucion sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opinion publica en la Argentina y en America Latina. Entendemos que la opinion publica es una fuerza critica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse oir. Revista Latinoamericana de Opinion Publica Investigacion social aplicada Presentacion Maria Braun y Gabriela Catterberg (Argentina) Articulos Francisco Abundis Luna, Diana Paola Penagos Vasquez y Alejandro Espinosa Granados (Mexico) Rosario Aguilar, Alejandro Moreno y Vidal Romero (Mexico) Jorge Ivan Bonilla, Omar Rincon y Catalina Uribe (Colombia) Gerardo Maldonado y Mariano Torcal (Espana) Notas de investigacion Maria Braun (Argentina) Resenas de libros Carlos Melo (Brasil) Comite academico Nelida Archenti, Miguel Basanez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban Lopez Escobar, Alvaro Moises, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Glaucio Soares, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Editoras Maria Braun y Gabriela Catterberg Coordinadora ejecutiva Natalia Moret

WAPOR Latinoamerica (World Association for Public Opinion Research) es una institucion sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opinion publica en la Argentina y en America Latina. Entendemos que la opinion publica es una fuerza critica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse oir. Revista Latinoamericana de Opinion Publica Encuestas Internacionales: la opinion publica desde una perspectiva comparada Presentacion Alejandro Moreno (Mexico) Articulos Guillermo Cantor (Argentina) Gabriela Catterberg (Argentina) Fabian Echegaray y Michele Hartmann Feyh Afonso (Brasil) Paolo Moncagatta (Espana) Jose del Tronco (Mexico) Resenas de libros Erica Anita Baptista Silva y Paulo Victor Melo (Brasil) Ingrid Bachmann (Chile) Comite academico Nelida Archenti, Miguel Basanez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban Lopez Escobar, Alvaro Moises, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Glaucio Soares, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Comite Editorial Gabriela Catterberg, Lucas Klobovs, Julian Rotman, Natalia Moret Editora general Maria Braun

Wapor Latinoamerica-Sede Buenos Aires es una institucion sin fines de lucro que tiene como objetivo difundir los estudios de opinion publica en la Argentina y en America Latina. Entendemos que la opinion publica es una fuerza critica para modelar y transformar sociedades, y que, apropiadamente desarrollada y diseminada, provee a la sociedad de una herramienta potente para conocer actitudes y opiniones y hacerse oir. Presentacion: Maria Braun (Argentina). Articulos: Maria Braun (Argentina), Guido Cataife (Argentina / Estados Unidos), Orlando Perez (Estados Unidos), Helcimara de Souza Telles y Tiago Prata Lopes Storni (Brasil), Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson, Nehemia Geva, Rhonda Struminger, Pablo Paras (Mexico / Estados Unidos). Notas de investigacion: Luis Costa y Lucas Klobovs (Argentina), Carolina Segovia (Chile). Resenas bibliograficas: Helena Rovner (Argentina), Carlos Waisman (Estados Unidos / Argentina), Fernando Tuesta Soldevilla (Peru). Comite academico: Nelida Archenti, Miguel Basanez, Marita Carballo, Ronald Inglehart, Esteban Lopez Escobar, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Michael Traugott, Frederick Turner, Carlos Waisman Editora general: Maria Braun Secretaria de redaccion: Natalia Moret Coedicion con WAPOR Latinoamerica Ano 2011, N 1 ISSN 1852-9003