Introduction
Introduction
This chapter provides a formal definition of the process of relabeling and introduces the issues and topics that will be addressed in this book: relabeling as a central process in language contact/genesis, a relabeling-based theory of creole genesis, relabeling in two different theories of the lexicon, relabeling and word order in a Construction Grammar perspective, relabeling options, relabeling and the contribution of the superstrate languages to creoles, and relabeling and the typological classification of creoles.
Keywords: relabeling, language contact, creole genesis, Construction Grammar, superstrate language
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