Herman Wekker (ed.), Creole languages and language acquisition. (Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, 86.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. vi, 205. Hb DM118.00
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Herman Wekker (ed.), Creole languages and language acquisition. (Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, 86.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. vi, 205. Hb DM118.00
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<jats:p>This slender, neatly typeset volume contains a
selection of the papers presented at an international three-day
workshop on creole languages and language acquisition,
held at the University of Leiden in 1990. Entitled “The
logical problem of language acquisition,” the workshop
set out to investigate the acquisition of parts of the
grammar by children and adults. The purpose of the Leiden
gathering was to bring together linguists from essentially
two fields (language acquisition theory and pidgin/creole
studies) in order to “solve the ‘logical problem
of language acquisition’ from as many perspectives
as possible” (p. 6).<jats:sup>1</jats:sup> The central issue
examined during the workshop was whether the specific circumstances
of the genesis of a creole language have implications for
theories of language acquisition in general. Conversely,
the organizers and participants hoped that their discussions
would shed new light on the early history of existing creole
languages.</jats:p>