The lexical competence hypothesis: A cognitive account of the relationship between vernacularization and grammatical expansion in creolization

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-79

  Hudson, Carla L ^a   Eigsti, Inge Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial language; Creole genesis; Language acquisition; Language production; Memory; Pidgin and creole languages; Second language acquisition; Vernacularization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248703189     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.18.1.02hud     Document Type: Article

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