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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 |
Winford Donald
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tok Pisin texts : from the beginning to the present / / edited by Peter Muhlhausler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine
| Tok Pisin texts : from the beginning to the present / / edited by Peter Muhlhausler, Thomas E. Dutton, Suzanne Romaine |
| Autore | Mühlhäusler Peter |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Disciplina | 427/.9953 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MühlhäuslerPeter
DuttonThomas Edward <1935-> RomaineSuzanne <1951-> |
| Collana | Varieties of English around the world. Text series |
| Soggetto topico |
Tok Pisin language
Pidgin English |
| ISBN |
9786612255311
9789027295903 9027295905 9781423761402 1423761405 9781282255319 1282255312 |
| Classificazione | HF 571 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tok Pisin Texts -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Sociohistorical and grammatical aspects of Tok Pisin -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Some brief remarks on the texts -- Abbreviations -- I. From early contacts and Gut Taim Bilong Siaman (the Good Old Days of the German Administration) -- II. Indigenous voices 1920-1945 -- III. The use of Tok Pisin by missions and government -- IV. Indigenous voices 1950-1970 -- V. Traditional indigenous voices 1970 to the present -- VI. Translations of foreign voices -- VII. Urban Tok Pisin and the in.uence of English -- VIII.New written genres -- IX. Creolized varieties of Tok Pisin -- Bibliography -- The series VARIETIES OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910962345803321 |
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Mühlhäusler Peter
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| Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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