Functional categories in three Atlantic creoles : Saramaccan, Haitian and Papiamentu / / Claire Lefebvre, Université du Québec à Montréal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511728503321
• Autore: Lefebvre Claire
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 90-272-6825-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Collana: Creole Language Library, , 0920-9026 ; ; 50
• Disciplina: 417.2209729
• Soggetti: Creole dialects - Caribbean Area; Languages in contact - Caribbean Area; Creole dialects - Saramaccan language; Creole dialects - Haitian; Creole dialects - Papiamentu; Bilingualism - Caribbean Area; Minimalist theory (Linguistics); Sociolinguistics - Caribbean Area; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Functional Categories in Three Atlantic Creoles; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1. Aims of this book; 2. A coherent set; 3. General methodological considerations; 4. Relabeling; 5. How is word order established in creole genesis?; 6. Processes that play a role in the development of a creole; 7. The issue of multifunctionality; 8. Organization of the book; 9. Overview of the major findings; 2. The nominal structures of Saramaccan, Fongbe and English with reference to Haitian Creole; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Aim of this chapter1.2 Languages; 1.3 Theoretical framework; 1.4 Introduction to the nominal structures of the languages under comparison; 1.5 A relabeling-based account of Creole genesis; 1.6 Multifunctionality; 1.7 Data base; 1.8 Methodological provisos; 1.9 ; Organisation of the chapter; 2. The definite determiners; 2.1 The anaphoric property of the definite determiners; 2.2 The definite determiners in clause structures; 2.2.1 The definite determiners in relative clauses; 2.2.2 The definite determiners in factive clauses; 2.2.3 The definite determiners in temporal and causal clauses; 2.2.4 The definite determiners in simple clauses2.3 A monosemic approach to Saramaccan dí; 2.2.5 The relationship between determiners and tense in clauses; 2.2.6 Summary; 2.4 The source of the properties of the Saramaccan definite determiner; 2.5 Conclusion; 3. The expression and the properties of the category Number; 3.1 The expression of the category Number and noun omission; 3.2 The conceptual role of the category Number; 3.3 The category Number and the third person plural personal pronoun; 3.4 Are Saramaccan dí and déé part of the same paradigm?; 6. Coordinating construction in Haitian Creole
• Sommario/riassunto: This chapter discusses the material presented in this book organized around the various themes announced in the Introduction, and it addresses questions and comments pertinent to the issues related to these themes. The first theme to be addressed is the question of the similarity between the subsystems of functional categories between the three creoles. The second theme relates to the processes at work in the formation of the functional categories of these three creoles. Relabeling, grammaticalization and leveling will be discussed in turn. A discussion of phenomena, such as restructuring and