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Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean
| Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean |
| Autore | Aceto Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : J Benjamins, 2003 |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Variation - Caribbean Area
English language - Caribbean Area Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area Languages in contact - Caribbean Area English Languages & Literatures English Language |
| ISBN |
1-282-16123-7
9786612161230 90-272-9650-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454397103321 |
Aceto Michael
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| [Place of publication not identified], : J Benjamins, 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean
| Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean |
| Autore | Aceto Michael |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : J Benjamins, 2003 |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Variation - Caribbean Area
English language - Caribbean Area Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area Languages in contact - Caribbean Area English Languages & Literatures English Language |
| ISBN |
1-282-16123-7
9786612161230 90-272-9650-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782061503321 |
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Aceto Michael
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| [Place of publication not identified], : J Benjamins, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean / / edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey P. Williams
| Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean / / edited by Michael Aceto, Jeffrey P. Williams |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
AcetoMichael
WilliamsJeffrey P <1958-> (Jeffrey Payne) |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Caribbean Area
English language - Variation - Caribbean Area Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area Languages in contact - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN |
9786612161230
9781282161238 1282161237 9789027296504 9027296502 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Map: The Caribbean Basin -- Preface -- Introduction -- Notes -- Defining ethnic varieties in the Bahamas -- Conclusions -- Notes -- The grammatical features of TMA auxiliaries in Bahamian Creole -- Notes -- English in the Turks and Caicos Islands -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 -- Language variety in the Virgin Islands -- Conclusions -- Notes -- The establishment and perpetuation of Anglophone white enclave communities in the Eastern Caribbean -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- What are Creole languages? -- Notes -- Language variation and language use among teachers in Dominica -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- An "English Creole" that isn't -- Conclusion -- Notes -- The Carriacou Shakespeare Mas' -- Notes -- Creole English on Carriacou -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Barbadian lects -- Notes -- Eastern Caribbean suprasegmental systems -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- The series VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD (VEAW). |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960704203321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Creole discourse : exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles / / Susanne Muehleisen
| Creole discourse : exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles / / Susanne Muehleisen |
| Autore | Muehleisen Susanne |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 331 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MuehleisenSusanne |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English - Social aspects - Caribbean Area
Sociolinguistics - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN |
9786612161094
9781282161092 1282161091 9789027296337 9027296332 |
| Classificazione | HF 572 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Creole Discourse Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations and transcription conventions -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgments -- Epigraph -- Introduction Creole discourse -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 1 Defining language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 2 Forming language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 3 Negotiating language prestige -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 4 From speech community to discourse communities -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 5 From badge of authenticity to voice of authority -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Chapter 6 From invisibility to register variation -- Notes -- Epigraph -- Conclusion -- Works cited -- Appendix -- Name index -- Subject index -- The CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962058103321 |
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Muehleisen Susanne
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : J. Benjamins Pub., c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus on the Caribbean [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manfred Görlach and John A. Holm
| Focus on the Caribbean [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Manfred Görlach and John A. Holm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GörlachManfred
HolmJohn A |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world. General series |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area
English language - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-87973-4
9786613721044 90-272-7913-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FOCUS ON THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; The spread of English in the Caribbean area; REFERENCES; The decay of neo-colonial official language policies. The case of the English-lexicon Creoles of the Commonwealth Caribbean; Introduction; Language education policy; The legal system; The mass media; The political system; The Caribbean Lexicography Project; Solutions; Some general principles; The planning and development of Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles; The implementation of the use of Creole in official domains; Conclusion
TRANSLATIONREFERENCES; On writing English-related Creoles in the Caribbean; 1. Introduction; 2. Language politics; 3. Aspects of creole writing systems; 4. Aspects of readability; 5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; Social class and the use of language: A case study of Jamaican children; REFERENCES; Tracing elusive phonological features of Early Jamaican Creole; REFERENCES; Etymology in Caribbean Creoles; REFERENCES; The structure of tense and aspect in Barbadian English Creole; Introduction; The Bajan tense-aspect system; The semantic structure of the tense-aspect system of the Bajan verb PROCESS versus FACTExtended PROCESS; PAST marking; Locative de; COMPLETIVE dun; Future and serial go; Conclusion; REFERENCES; Innovation in Jamaican Creole The speech of Rastafari; NOTES; REFERENCES; Notes on durative constructions in Jamaican and Guyanese creoles; 1. Introduction; 2. Interpreting the Durative Constructions; 3. On the origins of the durative constructions; 4. Conclusions; NOTES; REFERENCES; ADDENDA; Evidence for an unsuspected habitual marker in Jamaican; REFERENCES; English-Spanish contact in the United States and Central America: sociolinguistic mirror images?; NOTES REFERENCESADDRESSES OF AUTHORS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457769203321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus on the Caribbean / / editors, Manfred Görlach, John A. Holm
| Focus on the Caribbean / / editors, Manfred Görlach, John A. Holm |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GörlachManfred
HolmJohn A |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world. General series |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area
English language - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN |
1-280-87973-4
9786613721044 90-272-7913-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FOCUS ON THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; The spread of English in the Caribbean area; REFERENCES; The decay of neo-colonial official language policies. The case of the English-lexicon Creoles of the Commonwealth Caribbean; Introduction; Language education policy; The legal system; The mass media; The political system; The Caribbean Lexicography Project; Solutions; Some general principles; The planning and development of Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles; The implementation of the use of Creole in official domains; Conclusion
TRANSLATION REFERENCES; On writing English-related Creoles in the Caribbean; 1. Introduction; 2. Language politics; 3. Aspects of creole writing systems; 4. Aspects of readability; 5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; Social class and the use of language: A case study of Jamaican children; REFERENCES; Tracing elusive phonological features of Early Jamaican Creole; REFERENCES; Etymology in Caribbean Creoles; REFERENCES; The structure of tense and aspect in Barbadian English Creole; Introduction; The Bajan tense-aspect system; The semantic structure of the tense-aspect system of the Bajan verb PROCESS versus FACT Extended PROCESS; PAST marking; Locative de; COMPLETIVE dun; Future and serial go; Conclusion; REFERENCES; Innovation in Jamaican Creole The speech of Rastafari; NOTES; REFERENCES; Notes on durative constructions in Jamaican and Guyanese creoles; 1. Introduction; 2. Interpreting the Durative Constructions; 3. On the origins of the durative constructions; 4. Conclusions; NOTES; REFERENCES; ADDENDA; Evidence for an unsuspected habitual marker in Jamaican; REFERENCES; English-Spanish contact in the United States and Central America: sociolinguistic mirror images?; NOTES REFERENCES ADDRESSES OF AUTHORS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781534303321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Focus on the Caribbean / / editors, Manfred Görlach, John A. Holm
| Focus on the Caribbean / / editors, Manfred Görlach, John A. Holm |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
GörlachManfred
HolmJohn A |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world. General series |
| Soggetto topico |
Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area
English language - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN |
1-280-87973-4
9786613721044 90-272-7913-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
FOCUS ON THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; The spread of English in the Caribbean area; REFERENCES; The decay of neo-colonial official language policies. The case of the English-lexicon Creoles of the Commonwealth Caribbean; Introduction; Language education policy; The legal system; The mass media; The political system; The Caribbean Lexicography Project; Solutions; Some general principles; The planning and development of Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles; The implementation of the use of Creole in official domains; Conclusion
TRANSLATION REFERENCES; On writing English-related Creoles in the Caribbean; 1. Introduction; 2. Language politics; 3. Aspects of creole writing systems; 4. Aspects of readability; 5. Conclusion; REFERENCES; Social class and the use of language: A case study of Jamaican children; REFERENCES; Tracing elusive phonological features of Early Jamaican Creole; REFERENCES; Etymology in Caribbean Creoles; REFERENCES; The structure of tense and aspect in Barbadian English Creole; Introduction; The Bajan tense-aspect system; The semantic structure of the tense-aspect system of the Bajan verb PROCESS versus FACT Extended PROCESS; PAST marking; Locative de; COMPLETIVE dun; Future and serial go; Conclusion; REFERENCES; Innovation in Jamaican Creole The speech of Rastafari; NOTES; REFERENCES; Notes on durative constructions in Jamaican and Guyanese creoles; 1. Introduction; 2. Interpreting the Durative Constructions; 3. On the origins of the durative constructions; 4. Conclusions; NOTES; REFERENCES; ADDENDA; Evidence for an unsuspected habitual marker in Jamaican; REFERENCES; English-Spanish contact in the United States and Central America: sociolinguistic mirror images?; NOTES REFERENCES ADDRESSES OF AUTHORS |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956365603321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Predication in Caribbean English Creoles [[electronic resource] /] / Donald Winford
| Predication in Caribbean English Creoles [[electronic resource] /] / Donald Winford |
| Autore | Winford Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 p.) |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area - Verb phrase |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-32808-9
9786613328083 90-272-7695-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREDICATION IN CARIBBEAN ENGLISH CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Varieties of Caribbean English Creole; 2.1 The Problem of the Continuum; 2.2 Mesolect vs Basilect; 3. Choice of varieties for present analysis; 3.1 Sources of Data; 4. Scope of the book; 5. A framework for formal analysis; Chapter 2. The Verb Complex; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The semantics and uses of TMA categories in CEC; 2. The TMA categories of CEC; 2.1 Tense, aspect and mood; 2.2 Aspect in CEC; 2.2.1 Perfective.
2.2.2 Imperfective. 2.2.3 The Progressive in JC.; 2.2.4 Current Duration.; 2.2.5 Completive.; 3. Modality in CEC; 3.1 Types of modality; 3.2 Deontic modality in CEC; 3.3 Subjective Deontic uses of mos, kyan and kyaan; 3.4 Epistemic Modality.; 3.4.1 Epistemic mos; 3.4.2 Epistemic kyan; 3.4.3 Epistemic kyaan; 3.4.5 Epistemic sa; 3.5 The ""secondary"" modals in JC and GC; 3.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Auxiliary Ordering; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous Analyses; 3. GPSG Principles and CEC auxiliaries; 3.1 The Grammar; 3.3 Comparing JC with GC; 4. Summary; Chapter 4. Voice, Valency and Transitivity 1. Introduction 2. Transitivity and the creole passive; 2.1 Restrictions on passivization; 2.2 Passivization and the scale of transitivity; 2.3 Pragmatic and other factors; 2.4 Perfective and Passive; 2.5 Enhancing transitivity; 3. Distinguishing passives from other constructions; 3.1 CEC Passives vs English Middles; 3.2 Passive vs anticausative; 3.3 Passives and Predicate adjectives; 3.4 Basic vs ""get"" ""passives"" and related constructions; 3.5 Summary; 4. Syntax of the CEC passive; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 5. Copular and Attributive Predication; 1. Introduction; 2. Equative Constructions 2.1 Rules for Predicate Nominal Structures 3. Locative Predicate Structures; 3.2 De in Attributive Structures; 4. Attributive Predication; 4.1 Property Items as adjectives; 4.2 Property items in their predicative junction; 4.3 Property items and semantic types in CEC; 4.4 Syntactic Properties of Attributive Predicators; 4.5 Attributive predication in JC; 4.6 Implications for a grammar; 5. Categorial re-analysis of attributive predicators; 6. Implications for other creoles; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 6. Serial Verb Constructions; 1. Defining Serial Verb Constructions 1.1 Coordination and SVC's 1.2 Parataxis vs SVC's; 1.3 Paratactic structures in CEC; 1.4 Other distinctions; 2. Constituent structure of SVC's; 2.1 Argument-sharing in SVC's; 3. SVC's in CEC; 3.1 SVC's and Motion Events; 3.2 ""Directional"" SVC's in CEC; 3.2.1 The syntax of directional SVC's; 3.3 ""Purposive"" go and kom; 3.3.1 The syntax of purposive SVC's; 3.4 ""Purposive"" SVC's with kom/go/gaan; 3.5 Other motion-related SVC's in CEC; 3.6 Other object-sharing SVC's; 4. ""Comparative"" SVC'S; 4.1 Comparative ""more""; 5. Serial verbs and ""Case-marking"" 5.1 ""Take"" Serial constructions and ""case-marking"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457418603321 |
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Winford Donald
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Predication in Caribbean English Creoles / / Donald Winford
| Predication in Caribbean English Creoles / / Donald Winford |
| Autore | Winford Donald |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area - Verb phrase |
| ISBN |
1-283-32808-9
9786613328083 90-272-7695-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREDICATION IN CARIBBEAN ENGLISH CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Varieties of Caribbean English Creole; 2.1 The Problem of the Continuum; 2.2 Mesolect vs Basilect; 3. Choice of varieties for present analysis; 3.1 Sources of Data; 4. Scope of the book; 5. A framework for formal analysis; Chapter 2. The Verb Complex; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The semantics and uses of TMA categories in CEC; 2. The TMA categories of CEC; 2.1 Tense, aspect and mood; 2.2 Aspect in CEC; 2.2.1 Perfective.
2.2.2 Imperfective. 2.2.3 The Progressive in JC.; 2.2.4 Current Duration.; 2.2.5 Completive.; 3. Modality in CEC; 3.1 Types of modality; 3.2 Deontic modality in CEC; 3.3 Subjective Deontic uses of mos, kyan and kyaan; 3.4 Epistemic Modality.; 3.4.1 Epistemic mos; 3.4.2 Epistemic kyan; 3.4.3 Epistemic kyaan; 3.4.5 Epistemic sa; 3.5 The ""secondary"" modals in JC and GC; 3.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Auxiliary Ordering; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous Analyses; 3. GPSG Principles and CEC auxiliaries; 3.1 The Grammar; 3.3 Comparing JC with GC; 4. Summary; Chapter 4. Voice, Valency and Transitivity 1. Introduction 2. Transitivity and the creole passive; 2.1 Restrictions on passivization; 2.2 Passivization and the scale of transitivity; 2.3 Pragmatic and other factors; 2.4 Perfective and Passive; 2.5 Enhancing transitivity; 3. Distinguishing passives from other constructions; 3.1 CEC Passives vs English Middles; 3.2 Passive vs anticausative; 3.3 Passives and Predicate adjectives; 3.4 Basic vs ""get"" ""passives"" and related constructions; 3.5 Summary; 4. Syntax of the CEC passive; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 5. Copular and Attributive Predication; 1. Introduction; 2. Equative Constructions 2.1 Rules for Predicate Nominal Structures 3. Locative Predicate Structures; 3.2 De in Attributive Structures; 4. Attributive Predication; 4.1 Property Items as adjectives; 4.2 Property items in their predicative junction; 4.3 Property items and semantic types in CEC; 4.4 Syntactic Properties of Attributive Predicators; 4.5 Attributive predication in JC; 4.6 Implications for a grammar; 5. Categorial re-analysis of attributive predicators; 6. Implications for other creoles; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 6. Serial Verb Constructions; 1. Defining Serial Verb Constructions 1.1 Coordination and SVC's 1.2 Parataxis vs SVC's; 1.3 Paratactic structures in CEC; 1.4 Other distinctions; 2. Constituent structure of SVC's; 2.1 Argument-sharing in SVC's; 3. SVC's in CEC; 3.1 SVC's and Motion Events; 3.2 ""Directional"" SVC's in CEC; 3.2.1 The syntax of directional SVC's; 3.3 ""Purposive"" go and kom; 3.3.1 The syntax of purposive SVC's; 3.4 ""Purposive"" SVC's with kom/go/gaan; 3.5 Other motion-related SVC's in CEC; 3.6 Other object-sharing SVC's; 4. ""Comparative"" SVC'S; 4.1 Comparative ""more""; 5. Serial verbs and ""Case-marking""; 5.1 ""Take"" Serial constructions and ""case-marking"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781468403321 |
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Winford Donald
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Predication in Caribbean English Creoles / / Donald Winford
| Predication in Caribbean English Creoles / / Donald Winford |
| Autore | Winford Donald |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 427/.9729 |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico | Creole dialects, English - Caribbean Area - Verb phrase |
| ISBN |
1-283-32808-9
9786613328083 90-272-7695-1 |
| Classificazione | HF 571 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PREDICATION IN CARIBBEAN ENGLISH CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Preliminaries; 2. Varieties of Caribbean English Creole; 2.1 The Problem of the Continuum; 2.2 Mesolect vs Basilect; 3. Choice of varieties for present analysis; 3.1 Sources of Data; 4. Scope of the book; 5. A framework for formal analysis; Chapter 2. The Verb Complex; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The semantics and uses of TMA categories in CEC; 2. The TMA categories of CEC; 2.1 Tense, aspect and mood; 2.2 Aspect in CEC; 2.2.1 Perfective.
2.2.2 Imperfective. 2.2.3 The Progressive in JC.; 2.2.4 Current Duration.; 2.2.5 Completive.; 3. Modality in CEC; 3.1 Types of modality; 3.2 Deontic modality in CEC; 3.3 Subjective Deontic uses of mos, kyan and kyaan; 3.4 Epistemic Modality.; 3.4.1 Epistemic mos; 3.4.2 Epistemic kyan; 3.4.3 Epistemic kyaan; 3.4.5 Epistemic sa; 3.5 The ""secondary"" modals in JC and GC; 3.6 Summary; Chapter 3. Auxiliary Ordering; 1. Introduction; 2. Previous Analyses; 3. GPSG Principles and CEC auxiliaries; 3.1 The Grammar; 3.3 Comparing JC with GC; 4. Summary; Chapter 4. Voice, Valency and Transitivity 1. Introduction 2. Transitivity and the creole passive; 2.1 Restrictions on passivization; 2.2 Passivization and the scale of transitivity; 2.3 Pragmatic and other factors; 2.4 Perfective and Passive; 2.5 Enhancing transitivity; 3. Distinguishing passives from other constructions; 3.1 CEC Passives vs English Middles; 3.2 Passive vs anticausative; 3.3 Passives and Predicate adjectives; 3.4 Basic vs ""get"" ""passives"" and related constructions; 3.5 Summary; 4. Syntax of the CEC passive; 5. Conclusion; Chapter 5. Copular and Attributive Predication; 1. Introduction; 2. Equative Constructions 2.1 Rules for Predicate Nominal Structures 3. Locative Predicate Structures; 3.2 De in Attributive Structures; 4. Attributive Predication; 4.1 Property Items as adjectives; 4.2 Property items in their predicative junction; 4.3 Property items and semantic types in CEC; 4.4 Syntactic Properties of Attributive Predicators; 4.5 Attributive predication in JC; 4.6 Implications for a grammar; 5. Categorial re-analysis of attributive predicators; 6. Implications for other creoles; 7. Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 6. Serial Verb Constructions; 1. Defining Serial Verb Constructions 1.1 Coordination and SVC's 1.2 Parataxis vs SVC's; 1.3 Paratactic structures in CEC; 1.4 Other distinctions; 2. Constituent structure of SVC's; 2.1 Argument-sharing in SVC's; 3. SVC's in CEC; 3.1 SVC's and Motion Events; 3.2 ""Directional"" SVC's in CEC; 3.2.1 The syntax of directional SVC's; 3.3 ""Purposive"" go and kom; 3.3.1 The syntax of purposive SVC's; 3.4 ""Purposive"" SVC's with kom/go/gaan; 3.5 Other motion-related SVC's in CEC; 3.6 Other object-sharing SVC's; 4. ""Comparative"" SVC'S; 4.1 Comparative ""more""; 5. Serial verbs and ""Case-marking""; 5.1 ""Take"" Serial constructions and ""case-marking"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910953256503321 |
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Winford Donald
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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