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Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Maps ix
4. Introductory words
5. One more cup of coffee: On Gradual Creolization 3
6. Jacques Arends' model of gradual creolization 13
7. Part 1. Linguistic analysis
8. Productive bimorphemic structures and the concept of gradual creolization 27
9. Gradual vs. abrupt creolization and recent changes in Daman Creole Portuguese 55
10. Gradual restructuring in Ecuadorian Quechua 77
11. A note on the process of lexical diffusion in the development of creoles: The case of double-object verbs 101
12. Change in the possessive system of French Caribbean Creole languages 113
13. The origin and development of possibility in the creoles of Suriname 129
14. The Saramaccan lexicon: Verbs 155
15. Development of a creole lexicon 173
16. Gradualism in the transfer of tone spread rules in Saramaccan 189
17. In search of a submerged phonology: The case of early Cape Dutch Pidgin 219
18. Part 2. Sociohistorical reconstruction
19. Bilingualism and creolization in Solomon Islands 245
20. Lingua Franca in West Africa? An evaluation of the sociohistorical and metalinguistic evidence 257
21. The formation of the Portuguese-based Creoles: Gradual or abrupt? 279
22. English-speaking in early Surinam? 305
23. The demographic context of creolization in early English Jamaica, 1655-1700 327
24. The founder principle and Anguilla's homestead society 349
25. Demographic factors in the formation of French Guianese Creole 373
26. Index 389