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Adult input and children's acquisition of Creole syntax

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2014

Anand Syea
Anand Syea*
Affiliation:
University of Westminster
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syeaa@westminster.ac.uk
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Extract

This book examines the acquisition of syntax in Seselwa and Morisyen children. Seselwa and Morisyen are historically related creoles spoken in the Seychelles and Mauritius, respectively. Working within Chomsky's (1981) framework, Adone focuses on the acquisition of (non-)reflexive pronouns, double object constructions (DOCs), passive and serial verb constructions (SVCs).

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English Today , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 61 - 63
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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