Noun phrases in Creole languages : a multi-faceted approach / edited by Marlyse Baptista, Jacqueline Gueron.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baptista, Marlyse.

Guéron, Jacqueline.

Series:

Creole language library ; 31.

Creole language library ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creole dialects--Noun phrase.

Creole dialects.

Creole dialects--Syntax.

Physical Description:

506 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this Postface, one of our primary objectives as editors, is to weave together into a coherent whole the insights and analyses of our contributors. We aim to show how the chapters in the volume complement each other, highlighting both similarities and differences in the patterns of the nominal system of various creole languages. A second objective is to try to formulate some hypotheses regarding the use of bare nouns in creole languages and the role of Universal Grammar in shaping the linguistic properties of the creoles under study. To the degree that creole bare nouns have common properties, we try to identify the grammatical options that UG makes available to natural languages in the domain of the Noun Phrase.

Contents:

Noun phrases in Creole language: an introductory overview / Marlyse Baptsta, Jacqueline Guéron

Bare nouns and the nominal in Santome / Nélia Alexandre, Tjerk Hagemeijer

On the syntax and semantics of DP in Cape Verdean Creole / Marlyse Baptista

Papiamentu and Brazilian Portuguese: a comparative study of bare nominals / Ellen-Petra Kester, Cristina Schmitt

On the interpretation of bare noun phrases in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Creole (Kriyol) / Alain Kihm

Some aspects of NPs in Mindanao Chabacano: structural and historical considerations / Anthony P. Grant

Bare nouns in Palenquero: a fresh consensus in the making / Armin Schwegler

Bare nouns in Réunionnais creole / Robert Chaudenson

The bare NP in lesser Antillean / Karl Gadelii

Bare NPs and the deficient DPs in Haitian Creole and French: from morphosyntax to referent construal / Anne Zribi-Hertz, Herby Glaude

Implicit determination and plural / Viviane Déprez

Bare nouns and articles in Sranan / Adrienne Bruyn

Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamican creole / Michele M. Stewart

NPs in aspectual Be constructions in African American English / Lisa Green

Bare nouns in African American English (AAE) / Arthur K. Spears

Bare nouns in Berbice Dutch Creole / Silvia Kouwenberg

Properties of noun phrases in Creole languages: a synthetic comparative exposition / Marlyse Baptista

Functional deficiency, ellipsis or innovation in Creole languages? a post face / Marlyse Baptsita, Jaqueline Guéron.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152481

9781282152489

1282152483

9789027291820

9027291829

OCLC:

233632814