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Anaphoric Reference in Creoles and Noncreoles.
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Escure, Genevieve – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Three categories of topic referents (nominal, pronominal, and periphrastic) are identified in 27 Belizean texts and 12 American texts, and the effects of referent choice of two variables (topic number and stylistic/lectal context) are investigated. One finding is that Belizean lects are strikingly similar to spontaneous styles of American English.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creoles, English, Foreign Countries
Phrase-Level Parallelism Effect on Noun Phrase Number Agreement.
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Scherre, Maria Mata Pereira – Language Variation and Change, 2001
Examines the role of phrase-level parallelism on noun phrase number agreement and demonstrates Puerto Rican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese exhibit more similarities than differences with regard to this constraint. Claims the phrase-level parallelism effect on noun phrase number agreement is embedded in a universal principle of linguistic use:…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Universals, Language Variation