The structure of Creole words : segmental, syllabic and morphological aspects / edited by Parth Bhatt and Ingo Plag.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Bhatt, Parth, 1955-

Plag, Ingo.

Conference Name:

International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology of Creole Languages (2nd : 2003 : University of Siegen)

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) ; 505.

Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; 505

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creole dialects--Morphology--Congresses.

Creole dialects.

Languages, Mixed--Congresses.

Languages, Mixed.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 p. : ill.

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Tubingen : Niemeyer, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume brings together articles that are focused on segmental, syllabic and morphological aspects of creole words, thus contributing to the ongoing debates about the nature of phonology and morphology and their role in emergence and development of these languages. The papers cover a wide range of creole languages with different lexifier languages and address empirical, typological, historical and theoretical issues, drawing our attention to hitherto unknown phenomena or offering interesting new analyses of established facts. With contributions from: Parth Bhatt, Alain Kihm, Thomas Klein, Emmanuel Nikiema, Ingo Plag, Marina Pucciarelli, Jean-Louis Rougé, Eric Russel-Webb, Shobha Satyanath, Emmanuel Schang, Mareile Schramm, Norval Smith, Marleen van de Vate and Tonjes Veenstra.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of contents

Preface

Introduction

Section 1: Segmental aspects

Creole phonology typology: Phoneme inventory size, vowel quality distinctions and stop consonant series / Klein, Thomas Β.

The origin of the liquid consonant in Saotomense Creole / Rougé, Jean-Louis / Schang, Emmanuel

Toward a phonology of obstruent voicing in Negerhollands / Webb, Eric Russell

Population movements, colonial control and vowel systems / Smith, Norval / van de Vate, Marleen

Section 2: Syllabic aspects

Empty positions in Haitian Creole syllable structure / Bhatt, Parth / Nikiema, Emmanuel

The phonological origin of language: Creole languages as a testing ground / Kihm, Alain

Early Creole syllable structure: A cross-linguistic survey of the earliest attested varieties of Saramaccan, Sranan, St. Kitts and Jamaican / Plag, Ingo / Schramm, Mareile

Section 3: Morphological aspects

Logophoricity in Nigerian Pidgin English: An empirical study of variable third person singular subject marking / Pucciarelli, Marina

English in the New World: continuity and change, the case of personal pronouns in Guyanese English / Satyanath, Shobha

Head ordering in synthetic compounding: Acquisition processes and Creole genesis / Veenstra, Tonjes

On the presence versus absence of morphological marking in four Romance-based Creoles / Arends, Jacques / Verhagen, Josje / Lier, Eva van / Dikker, Suzanne / Cardoso, Hugo

Notes:

Collection of papers originally presented at the "Second International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology of Creole Languages" held at the University of Siegen, October 2003.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110891683

3110891689

OCLC:

979883480