A Description of Papiamentu : A Creole Language of the Caribbean Area / Yolanda Rivera Castillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rivera Castillo, Yolanda, author.

Series:

Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages ; 17.

Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papiamentu language--Grammar.

Papiamentu language.

Language and linguistics.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

A Creole Language of the Caribbean Area

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Summary:

This book constitutes a primary data-supported, comprehensive grammar of Papiamentu. It analyzes spontaneous speech data from two varieties spoken in Aruba and Curaçao. The author examines structural features so far unexplored in the areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and aspects of sentential semantics. Particular attention is given to nominal classifiers, non-pro-drop syntactic constructions, and absolute tense marking, traits that are rarely described in regards to Creole or Romance languages. Researchers interested in formal analyses of Papiamentu, Creole languages, and in language contact will find this book an indispensable tool.

Contents:

Editorial Foreword / Peter Bakker

Acknowledgements

List of Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.0 General Description and Scope of Work

1.1 Justification

1.2 Previous Studies of Papiamentu

1.3 Objectives and Methodology

1.4 Book Organization and Conclusions

2 Morphology and Grammatical Categories

2.0 Introduction: Grammatical Categories, Inflection, and the Isolating Type

2.1 Lexical Categories

2.2 Productive Morphology and Allomorphs

2.3 Conclusions

3 Syntax 1—Word Order and Combinatorial Restrictions

3.0 Introduction

3.1 Fixed Word Order, Verbs, and the non-Pro-Drop Parameter

3.2 Determiner Phrase (and Noun Phrase)

3.3 Conclusions

4 Syntax 2—Hierarchical Structure, Constituency and the Isolating Type

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Obligatory Subject Sentence Types and No Expletive in Impersonal Constructions

4.2 Subordinate Clauses

4.3 Passive Sentences

4.4 Phrase Structure

4.5 Conclusions / Appendix A: Summary of Structural Types in Papiamentu

5 Segmental Features and Syllable Structure

5.0 Segmental Features

5.1 Syllable Structure, Consonant Clusters and Vowel Reduction

5.2 Nasal Vowels and Nasalization

5.3 Vowel Harmony and Metaphony

5.4 Conclusions

6 Papiamentu Prosody: Intonation and Lexical Prominence / (co-authored with Lucy Pickering)

6.0 Identifying Prosodic Features

6.1 A Typology of Stress

6.2 A Typology of Tone

6.3 The Papiamentu Prominence System

6.4 Intonation in Tone Languages and Papiamentu

6.5 Conclusions

7 Sentential Semantics

7.0 Introduction

7.1 The Noun Phrase: Animacy/Gender and Number

7.2 The Verb Phrase: Tense, Mood, and Aspect

7.3 Conclusions

8 Conclusions and Typology

8.0 Papiamentu Structural Features

8.1 Papiamentu Morphology and Inflection

8.2 Middle of the Road Word Order and Syntax

8.3 Phonology and Papiamentu

8.4 Meaning, TMA markers, Animacy/Gender, and Number

8.5 Innovations in Papiamentu and Creoles as a Typological Class

Glossary

References

Subject Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

This book constitutes a primary data-supported grammar of Papiamentu, based on data collected from two varieties spoken in Aruba and Curaçao. Particular attention is given to so far unexplored structural features.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Rivera Castillo, Yolanda A Description of Papiamentu

ISBN:

9789004448834

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004448834 DOI