Recent development in Creole studies /

This volume provides the reader with an update on the ongoing research in creole studies. The papers represent several lines of research in the study of Creole languages. Central issues in phonology, semantics, lexicon and syntax are addressed in various creole languages. These include Cape Verdean...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Adone, Dany
Published: Max Niemeyer Verlag,
Publisher Address: Tübingen :
Publication Dates: 2013.
©2003
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Linguistische arbeiten ; volume 472
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110948318
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Summary: This volume provides the reader with an update on the ongoing research in creole studies. The papers represent several lines of research in the study of Creole languages. Central issues in phonology, semantics, lexicon and syntax are addressed in various creole languages. These include Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole, Lesser Antillean Creoles, Kriol, Saramaccan, and Sranan.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
ISBN: 9783110948318
Index Number: PM7831
CLC: H07
Contents: Frontmatter --
Preface --
Table of Contents --
Introduction: Recent Development in Creole Studies /
Nasality in Haitian Creole /
Evidence for Recursive Syllable Structures in Aluku and Sranan /
Relexification, Reversed Interference, Double Signals and the Organization of the Mental Lexicon /
Event Descriptions in F n and Haitian Creole /
Restricted Verb Movement in Ngukurr Kriol /
Licensing Conditions on Cliticization in Cape Verdean Creole /
Haitian Creole Se: A Copula, a Pronoun, Both or Neither? On the Double Life of a Functional Head /
Some un-French Properties of Lesser Antillean Grammar /
Haitian Construct State Nominals: A Creole Contribution to the Theory of Genitive Phrases /
Menage Trois: How Promiscuous are Objects in Resultatives? /
Contributors.