Noun phrases in Creole languages : a multi-faceted approach
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Noun phrases in Creole languages : a multi-faceted approach
（Creole language library, v. 31）
J. Benjamins, c2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Reunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilation of 16 chapters brings together descriptive, theoretical, diachronic and synchronic studies that focus on the structure and interpretation of bare nouns in creoles. The contributions demonstrate the variety and complex nature of determiner systems in creoles and their widespread use of bare nouns in comparison to their source languages. This volume is evidence of the relevance of creole languages to theories of language creation, language change and linguistic theory in general.
Table of Contents
- 1. Acknowledgment
- 2. Part I: An introduction
- 3. 1. Noun phrases in creole languages: An introductory overview (by Baptista, Marlyse)
- 4. Part II: Portuguese-lexified Creoles
- 5. 2. Bare nouns and the nominal domain in Santome (by Alexandre, Nelia)
- 6. 3. On the syntax and semantics of DP in Cape Verdean Creole (by Baptista, Marlyse)
- 7. 4. Papiamentu and Brazilian Portuguese: A comparative study of bare nominals (by Kester, Ellen-Petra)
- 8. 5. On the interpretation of bare noun phrases in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Creole (Kriyol) (by Kihm, Alain)
- 9. Part III: Spanish-lexified Creoles
- 10. 6. Some aspects of NPs in Mindanao Chabacano: Structural and historical considerations (by Grant, Anthony P.)
- 11. 7. Bare nouns in Palenquero: A fresh consensus in the making (by Schwegler, Armin)
- 12. Part IV: French-lexified Creoles
- 13. 8. Bare nouns in Reunionnais Creole (by Chaudenson, Robert)
- 14. 9. The bare NP in Lesser Antillean (by Gadelii, Karl)
- 15. 10. Bare NPs and deficient DPs in Haitian Creole and French: From morphosyntax to referent construal (by Zribi-Hertz, Anne)
- 16. Part V: A comparison of romance Creoles
- 17. 11. Implicit determination and plural (by Deprez, Viviane)
- 18. Part VI: English-lexified Creoles
- 19. 12. Bare nouns and articles in Sranan (by Bruyn, Adrienne)
- 20. 13. Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamaican Creole (by Stewart, Michele M.)
- 21. Part VII: African American English
- 22. 14. NPs in aspectual Be constructions in African American English (by Green, Lisa)
- 23. 15. Bare nouns in African American English (AAE) (by Spears, Arthur K.)
- 24. Part VIII: Dutch-lexified Creoles
- 25. 16. Bare nouns in Berbice Dutch Creole (by Kouwenberg, Silvia)
- 26. Part IX: A Synthesis and a postface
- 27. 17. Properties of noun phrases in creole languages: A synthetic comparative exposition (by Baptista, Marlyse)
- 28. 18. Functional deficiency, ellipsis or innovation in creole languages?: A postface (by Baptista, Marlyse)
- 29. Index
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