Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. The origins of Macanese reduplication 1
5. 2. Court records as a source of authentic early Sranan 21
6. 3. Garifuna in Belize and Honduras 35
7. 4. The Nova Scotia–Sierra Leone connection 67
8. 5. The development of variable NP plural agreement in a restructured African variety of Portuguese 97
9. 6. Second language acquisition in creole genesis 127
10. 7. OT and the acquisition of Jamaican syllable structure 161
11. 8. Double-object constructions in two French-based creoles (Morisyen and Seselwa) 189
12. 9. Passive voice in Papiamento 209
13. 10. Tone assignment on lexical items of English and African origin in Krio 221
14. 11. TMA and the St. Lucian Creole verb phrase 237
15. 12. The Limonese calypso as an identity marker 259
16. 13. The speech event kuutu in the Eastern Maroon community 285
17. 14. Reflexivity in French-based creoles 307
18. 15. The role of style and identity in the development of Hawaiian Creole 331
19. Index 351