Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations and symbols ix
5. Negation and negative concord 1
6. Part 1. French related Creoles
7. Sentential negation and negative words in Guadeloupean Creole 11
8. What is negative in Haitian Creole? Negative Concord Items, sentential, constituent and expletive negation 33
9. A lexicalist account of negation and negative concord in Mauritian 69
10. Part 2. English related Creoles
11. Negation in Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) 103
12. Licensing negation and negative concord in Atlantic Creoles 125
13. Negation in Singapore English 153
14. Part 3. Portuguese related Creoles
15. Negation in Cape Verdean Creole 173
16. Elements of denial in Capeverdean 191
17. Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese 211
18. Negation and negative concord in Guinea-Bissau Kriyol (in comparison with Portuguese, substrate-adstrate languages and other Portuguese Creoles) 225
19. Part 4. Other lexifier
20. Negation in Palenquero 257
21. Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages 289
22. Conclusions 313
23. Index 325