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From Botany to Creolistics
The Contribution of the Lexicon on the Flora to the Debate on Indian Ocean creole Genesis
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Contents ix
- Introduction 1
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1. Identifying Creoles
- St Helena English 17
- American Indian English 29
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2. Language Variation
- Style, Status, Change 43
- Using the Future to Explain the Past 61
- Decreolization or Dialect Contact in Haiti? 75
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3. Creole Processes
- From Botany to Creolistics 91
- Ndjuka Organisation of Experience 101
- A Reexamination of Bickerton’s Phylogenesis Hypothesis 111
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4. Creole Syntax and Semantics
- Pidgins, Creoles, Typology, and Markedness 123
- The Binding Theory and Creolization 145
- On the Copula in Mauritian Creole, Past and Present 159
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5. Serial Verbs
- Serialization in Creole Oral Discourse 179
- The Definition of Serial Verbs 193
- Approaches to ‘Missing” Internal (and External) Arguments in Serial Structure 207
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Contents ix
- Introduction 1
-
1. Identifying Creoles
- St Helena English 17
- American Indian English 29
-
2. Language Variation
- Style, Status, Change 43
- Using the Future to Explain the Past 61
- Decreolization or Dialect Contact in Haiti? 75
-
3. Creole Processes
- From Botany to Creolistics 91
- Ndjuka Organisation of Experience 101
- A Reexamination of Bickerton’s Phylogenesis Hypothesis 111
-
4. Creole Syntax and Semantics
- Pidgins, Creoles, Typology, and Markedness 123
- The Binding Theory and Creolization 145
- On the Copula in Mauritian Creole, Past and Present 159
-
5. Serial Verbs
- Serialization in Creole Oral Discourse 179
- The Definition of Serial Verbs 193
- Approaches to ‘Missing” Internal (and External) Arguments in Serial Structure 207