Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Preface v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Introduction 1
5. The Language Bioprogram Hypothesis 15
6. Creoles and West African Languages 25
7. Bonnet Blanc and Blanc Bonnet 41
8. Semantic Transparency as a Factor in Creole Genesis 57
9. The Domestic Hypothesis, Diffusion and Componentiality. An Account of Atlantic Anglophone Creole Origins 71
10. Genesis and Development of the Equative Copula in Sranan 103
11. The Universalist and Substrate Hypotheses Complement One Another 129
12. Universals, Substrata and the Indian Ocean Creoles 163
13. Double Negation and the Genesis of Afrikaans 185
14. The Genesis of Haitian 231
15. Substrate Diffusion 259
16. Relexification in creole Genesis Revisited 279
17. Substratum Inflluences — Guilty until Proven Innocent 301