Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Table of contents viii
4. Introduction: Developmental continua 1
5. The Belizean speech community and the use of English 25
6. Creole acrolects as innovations 57
7. The interaction of syntax and pragmatics in acrolets: Topic marking 89
8. Sociolinguistic perspectives on Chinese 125
9. Topic mechanisms in Chinese: An overview 151
10. Literary and colloquial Putonghua 185
11. Topic strategies in varieties of Putonghua as second dialects 223
12. Conclusions: Pragmatic universals in second dialect acquisitiom 263
13. Bibliography 289
14. Index 303