Source:
Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences, Volume 38, Issue 5, Number 38, p.15 (2000)
Keywords:
Ecuador;
grammar;
linguistics;
morphology;
creole
Abstract:
In this paper the properties of Lowland Ecuadorian Quechua, a possibly pidginized variety from this Andean indigenous language family, are evaluated in the light of the semantic-transparency hypothesis. It is argued that the typological perspective created by looking at a wider range of languages brings some of the basic ideas developed for creole languages into focus.
