Kriyol syntax : the Portuguese-based Creole language of Guinea-Bissau / Alain Kihm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kihm, Alain.

Series:

Creole language library ; 14.

Creole language library ; v. 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crioulo language--Syntax.

Crioulo language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes the Portuguese-based Creole which is widely spoken as a first language in Guinea-Bissau. The study focuses on one variety, 'central Kriyol', and its main aim is to present a complete description of the grammar of the language. The theoretical framework for the syntactic analysis is purposely eclectic but relies primarily on Generalized Phrase Structure Grammar, and ample attention is paid to the cognitive or semantic dimension in the explanation of linguistic facts.

Contents:

KRIYOL SYNTAX; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Abbreviations for sources; Map; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. History; 1.2. A history of Kriyol: facts and suppositions; 1.3. The study of Kriyol: what, how, and why?; 1.4. A phonological sketch of Kriyol; 1.4.1. Syllabic structure; 1.4.2. Stress; 1.4.3. Vowels; 1.4.4. Consonants; 1.5. Phonological developments from 16th century Portuguese to Kriyol; 1.6. Relation with Cape-Verdean Creole; Chapter 2. The simple sentence; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The composition of the predicate

2.2.1. Verbal predicates 2.2.1.1. Verb morphology; 2.2.1.2. Verb composition; 2.2.1.3. Subcategorization types; 2.2.2. Adjective predicates; 2.2.3. Noun predicates; 2.3. Negation; 2.3.1. The origin of ka; 2.4. The arguments of the verb; 2.4.1. Selected subjects of environmental verbs; 2.4.2. Sentential subjects; 2.4.3. Double object constructions (DOC); 2.4.3.1. Possible origins for DOCs; 2.4.4. Unaffected(?) objects; 2.4.5. Argument shifting verbs; 2.4.6. Subcategorized PPs; 2.5. Adjoined PPs; 2.6. Adverbs; 2.6.1. Local adverbs (including ideophones); 2.6.2. Sentential adverbs

Chapter 3. Tense and Aspect 3.1. The expression of Aspect; 3.2. Perfective; 3.3. The na Imperfective; 3.4. The ta Imperfective; 3.5. Imperfective vs. Imperfective; 3.6. An overall view of expression of Aspect; 3.7. Past; 3.7.1. The semantics of ba; 3.7.2. The origin of ba; 3.7.3. The syntactic identity and position of ba; 3.8. Tense auxiliaries; 3.8.1. Bin and the specific future; 3.8.2. Ba and the non-specific future; 3.8.3. A semantic analysis of the tense auxiliaries; 3.9. Questions of scope; Chapter 4. The noun phrase; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Composition and derivation; 4.2.1. Composition

4.2.2. Derivation 4.3. Inflectional morphology: the plural; 4.4. The determiners; 4.4.1. The article; 4.4.2. The demonstratives; 4.4.3. The possessives; 4.4.4. Quantifiers and numerals; 4.4.5. A conclusion on Kriyol specifiers; 4.5. Noun phrases with adjective phrases; 4.6. Coordinated noun phrases; 4.7. Special types of NPs I: pronouns; 4.7.1. Personal pronouns; 4.7.2. The 'neutral' pronoun i; 4.7.3. The reflexive - possessive pronouns; 4.7.4. The reciprocal; 4.7.5. Quantifying pronouns; 4.8. Special types of NP II: nominal infinitives; 4.9. Relative clauses; Chapter 5. The complex sentence

5.1. Introduction 5.2. Complement sentences; 5.2.1. Complement sentences under factive verbs: pa; 5.2.2. Complement sentences under declarative and epistemic verbs: kuma; 5.2.3. Adjunct complement sentences; 5.3. Gerundive complements and comparative constructions; 5.3.1. Gerundive complements; 5.3.2. Comparative constructions; Chapter 6. Unbounded dependencies: topicalization, focalization, and questions; 6.1. Topicalization; 6.1.1. Topicalization without a resumptive pronominal; 6.1.2. Left dislocation (LD); 6.1.3. Floating quantifiers and the null object issue; 6.2. Focalization; .3. Questions

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-32799-6

9786613327994

90-272-7667-6

OCLC:

772227357