Substrata versus universals in Creole genesis : papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985
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Substrata versus universals in Creole genesis : papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985
(Creole language library, v. 1)
J. Benjamins, 1986
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Two of the most prominent hypotheses about why the structures of the Creole languages of the Atlantic and the Pacific differ are the universalist and he substrate hypotheses. The universalist hypothesis claims, essentially, that the particular grammatical properties of Creole languages directly reflect universal aspects of the human language capacity, and thus Creole genesis involves, then, the stripping away of the accretions of language history. The substrate hypothesis claims, on the other hand, that creole genesis results from the confrontation of two systems, the native languages of the colonized groups, and the dominant colonial language, and that the native language leaves strong traces in the resulting Creole. The contributions of this ground breaking collection present new and historical research on the old debate of substrata versus universals in Creole languages.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Problems in the Identification of Substratum Features. (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 2. The Language Bioprogram Hypothesis: Deja vu? (by Gilbert, Glenn)
- 3. Creoles and West African Languages: a Case of Mistaken Identity? (by Bickerton, Derek)
- 4. Bonnet Blanc and Blanc Bonnet: Adjective-Noun Order, Substratum and Language Universals (by Muhlhausler, Peter)
- 5. Semantic Transparency as a Factor in Creole Genesis (by Seuren, Pieter A.M.)
- 6. The Domestic Hypothesis, Diffusion and Componentiality. An Account of Atlantic Anglophone Creole Origins (by Hancock, Ian F.)
- 7. Genesis and Development of the Equative Copula in Sranan (by Arends, Jacques)
- 8. The Universalist and Substrate Hypotheses Complement One Another (by Mufwene, Salikoko S.)
- 9. Universals, Substrata and the Indian Ocean Creoles (by Baker, Philip)
- 10. Double Negation and the Genesis of Afrikaans (by Besten, Hans den)
- 11. The Genesis of Haitian: Implications of a Comparison of Some Features of the Syntax of Haitian, French, and West african Languages (by Koopman, Hilda)
- 12. Substrate Diffusion (by Holm, John)
- 13. Relexification in creole Genesis Revisited: the Case of Hiatian Creole (by Lefebvre, Claire)
- 14. Substratum Inflluences - Guilty until Proven Innocent (by Alleyne, Mervyn C.)
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