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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824869803321

Autore

Syea Anand

Titolo

The Syntax of Mauritian Creole / / Anand Syea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2013

ISBN

1-4725-4216-9

1-4411-9207-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Bloomsbury studies in Theoretical Linguistics

Disciplina

447/.96982

Soggetti

Creole dialects - Mauritius

Creole dialects, French - Mauritius - Grammar

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.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction --  Structure of clauses -- Structure of Noun Phrases -- Tense, Mood and Aspect -- Negation and Negative Concord -- Verb complementation and structure of verbs -- Wh-movement and the structure of Complementizer Phrase.

Sommario/riassunto

"Creole languages have in recent years become a valuable source of data for current theories of syntax and theories of child/adult language acquisition. However, grammars of these languages, particularly those couched within theoretical frameworks of one kind of another, are few and far between. This book contributes directly to creole linguistics by providing a detailed study of different aspects of the syntax of Mauritian creole within the theoretical framework of Principles and Parameters (Chomsky, 1981) and Minimalism (1995). It gives the reader a detailed account of the structure of this language and insight into the nature of creole languages, with implications for current cartographic and minimalist thinking on the structure and derivation of phrases and clauses. It will appeal to researchers of grammar and syntax, language acquisition, contact linguistics and sociolinguistics."--Bloomsbury Publishing.