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Peer reviewedPlatt, John – Language Sciences, 1989
Examines the concept of indigenized Englishes and compares them with pidgins and creoles, focusing on attitudes about indigenized English, creative aspects of indigenized English, substratum influences, and universals. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Attitudes, Language Universals
Peer reviewedLiddicoat, A. J. – Language Sciences, 1990
Outlines some of the principle structural changes that have occurred in the Norman French dialect, spoken on the Isle of Jersey, as the result of contact with English. (18 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries, French
Peer reviewedMahadin, Radwan S. – Language Sciences, 1989
Examines doublets in Arabic, discussing the alterations between the determinants in the doublets, and shows that the alterations are the result of phonological changes. It is concluded that the phonological changes are in agreement with changes that have occurred in other Semitic languages and in modern Arabic dialects. (30 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Arabic, Consonants, Determiners (Languages), Diachronic Linguistics
