Chapter 2. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xvii
4. Chapter 1. Sources of Mauritian Creole 1
5. Chapter 2. Introduction 7
6. Chapter 3. Syntactic framework 23
7. Chapter 4. Semantics 47
8. Chapter 5. Early changes 87
9. Chapter 6. The emergence of a new determiner system 117
10. Chapter 7. The modern MC determiner system 163
11. Chapter 8. Noun denotation and function of determiners 199
12. Chapter 9. The syntax of the MC noun phrase 227
13. Chapter 10. Conclusion 281
14. Abbreviations and Symbols 293
15. Texts (sources of examples) 295
16. Index 307