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The Genesis of Discourse Grammar: Universals and Substrata in Guyanese, Hawaii Creole English
	Author: Hirokuni Masuda Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc Category: Book List Price: ~~$59.95~~ Buy New: $43.00 You Save: $16.95 (28%) New (9) Used (2) from $43.00 Sales Rank: 6529887 Media: Hardcover Pages: 266 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 ISBN: 0820444480 Dewey Decimal Number: 417.22 EAN: 9780820444482 ASIN: 0820444480 Publication Date: September 1, 2000 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Brand new. No remainder marks. Satisfaction guaranteed.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description Hirokuni Masuda applies the modified Verse Analysis to the study of creole languages seeking evidence to support the two principal theories: universalist and substratist. Hawaii Creole manifests in discourse a universal feature of patterning, which is shared by Guyanese Creole as well as by Chinook Jargon. On the other hand, Hawaii Creole also shows an idiosyncratic phenomenon of numbering, which appears to have been linguistically transferred from Japanese as substratum. Dr. Masuda's research reinforces a hypothesis that both internal innate properties and external substratal factors need to be taken into account to explain the origin of creole discourse grammar.