04825nam 2200757 450 991051172850332120180613002611.090-272-6825-8(CKB)3710000000437781(EBL)2077073(SSID)ssj0001517111(PQKBManifestationID)12622230(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001517111(PQKBWorkID)11499789(PQKB)11411594(PQKBManifestationID)16037796(PQKB)24983167(MiAaPQ)EBC2077073(DLC) 2015023123(EXLCZ)99371000000043778120150609h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFunctional categories in three Atlantic creoles Saramaccan, Haitian and Papiamentu /Claire Lefebvre, Université du Québec à MontréalAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2015]©20151 online resource (404 p.)Creole Language Library,0920-9026 ;50Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5274-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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. Introduction1.1 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 clauses2.2.4 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 CreoleThis 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 Creole language library ;v. 50.Creole dialectsCaribbean AreaLanguages in contactCaribbean AreaCreole dialectsSaramaccan languageCreole dialectsHaitianCreole dialectsPapiamentuBilingualismCaribbean AreaMinimalist theory (Linguistics)SociolinguisticsCaribbean AreaElectronic books.Creole dialectsLanguages in contactCreole dialectsSaramaccan language.Creole dialectsHaitian.Creole dialectsPapiamentu.BilingualismCaribbean Area.Minimalist theory (Linguistics)Sociolinguistics417.2209729Lefebvre Claire174578MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910511728503321Functional categories in three Atlantic creoles2552656UNINA