Syntactic properties of negation in Chinook Jargon, with a comparison of two source languages
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Zvjezdana Vrzić
Abstract
This paper analyzes the syntactic features of sentential negation in Chinook Jargon (CJ) and compares them with the features of Lower Chinook and Upper Chehalis. The analyses is carried out within the framework of Principles and Parameters syntax and looks at the positioning and the categorical status of the CJ negative marker, followed by the analysis of the relationship of the negative marker with negative NPs within the clause. The comparison of sentential negation in CJ and its source languages establishes that important similarities exist between CJ and its source languages, suggesting that these properties in CJ are due to contact influence. The paper ends with a brief discussion of how these findings reflect on the issue of linguistic constraints on contact influence.
Abstract
This paper analyzes the syntactic features of sentential negation in Chinook Jargon (CJ) and compares them with the features of Lower Chinook and Upper Chehalis. The analyses is carried out within the framework of Principles and Parameters syntax and looks at the positioning and the categorical status of the CJ negative marker, followed by the analysis of the relationship of the negative marker with negative NPs within the clause. The comparison of sentential negation in CJ and its source languages establishes that important similarities exist between CJ and its source languages, suggesting that these properties in CJ are due to contact influence. The paper ends with a brief discussion of how these findings reflect on the issue of linguistic constraints on contact influence.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Structure
- The phonetics of tone in Saramaccan 9
- Tracing the origin of modality in the creoles of Suriname 29
- Modelling Creole Genesis 61
- The restructuring of tense/aspect systems in creole formation 85
- Syntactic properties of negation in Chinook Jargon, with a comparison of two source languages 111
- Sri Lankan Malay morphosyntax 135
- Sri Lanka Malay 159
- The advantages of a blockage-based etymological dictionary for proven or putative relexified languages 183
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Part II: Variation
- A fresh look at habitual be in AAVE 203
- Oral narrative and tense in urban Bahamian Creole English 225
- Aspects of variation in educated Nigerian Pidgin 243
- A linguistic time-capsule 263
- The progressive in the spoken Papiamentu of Aruba 291
- Was Haitian ever more like French? 315
- The late transfer of serial verb constructions as stylistic variants in Saramaccan creole 337
- Index 373
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Structure
- The phonetics of tone in Saramaccan 9
- Tracing the origin of modality in the creoles of Suriname 29
- Modelling Creole Genesis 61
- The restructuring of tense/aspect systems in creole formation 85
- Syntactic properties of negation in Chinook Jargon, with a comparison of two source languages 111
- Sri Lankan Malay morphosyntax 135
- Sri Lanka Malay 159
- The advantages of a blockage-based etymological dictionary for proven or putative relexified languages 183
-
Part II: Variation
- A fresh look at habitual be in AAVE 203
- Oral narrative and tense in urban Bahamian Creole English 225
- Aspects of variation in educated Nigerian Pidgin 243
- A linguistic time-capsule 263
- The progressive in the spoken Papiamentu of Aruba 291
- Was Haitian ever more like French? 315
- The late transfer of serial verb constructions as stylistic variants in Saramaccan creole 337
- Index 373
