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Peer reviewedMacedo, Donaldo P. – Language Learning, 1986
Examines the process of pidgin development within the context of the Government and Binding Theory proposed by Chomsky in 1981. Hypothesizes that the contact of various languages may produce a new experience which subsequently fixes the parameters of Universal Grammar, providing a pidgin core gammar. (SED)
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals
PDF pending restorationMacedo, Donaldo P. – 1985
The CapeVerdean Language Project's final report presents a phonemic analysis of the Capeverdean language, a derivation of Portuguese traditionally considered a dialect. The project's research is based on the assumption that Capeverdean is a language with its own dialects, and the research was intended to determine an autonomous phonemic…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Variation
