Building grammar in the early stages of development of French Creoles
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Georges Daniel Véronique
Abstract
This chapter contributes to the research on naturalistic adult Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and the understanding of the early stages of Creole grammar formation. The two sets of data discussed here relate to the acquisition of French as a second language (FSL), and the acquisition of French related Creoles (FRC). Studying developmental sequences in these two acquisition contexts helps understand the internal reconstruction of grammar development in FRC. Despite various methodological challenges (e.g., scarcity and the linguistic nature of the FRC data, how comparable FSL and FRC are, given their respective ecologies), this comparative approach suggests that the linguistic factors that produce pre-basic and basic varieties in SLA are equally at work in the development of creole languages.
Abstract
This chapter contributes to the research on naturalistic adult Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and the understanding of the early stages of Creole grammar formation. The two sets of data discussed here relate to the acquisition of French as a second language (FSL), and the acquisition of French related Creoles (FRC). Studying developmental sequences in these two acquisition contexts helps understand the internal reconstruction of grammar development in FRC. Despite various methodological challenges (e.g., scarcity and the linguistic nature of the FRC data, how comparable FSL and FRC are, given their respective ecologies), this comparative approach suggests that the linguistic factors that produce pre-basic and basic varieties in SLA are equally at work in the development of creole languages.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Acronyms and glosses ix
- Portrait of Salikoko S. Mufwene xiv
- Introduction 1
- A sociolinguistic typology for languages in contact 23
- A local history of Tok Pisin 57
- Conventionalized creativity in the emergence of a mixed language – A case study of Light Warlpiri 81
- Acquisition or shift? 105
- Substrate influence in Northern Quechua languages 133
- Coordination in the Suriname Creoles 161
- Reflections on Darwin’s natural selection 191
- Building grammar in the early stages of development of French Creoles 211
- Foundings and futures 243
- Detecting loan words computationally 269
- Learnability and ecological factors as motivators of language change 289
- The restructuring of Salikoko Mufwene through competition and selection 307
- Language Index 327
- Subject Index 329
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- Acronyms and glosses ix
- Portrait of Salikoko S. Mufwene xiv
- Introduction 1
- A sociolinguistic typology for languages in contact 23
- A local history of Tok Pisin 57
- Conventionalized creativity in the emergence of a mixed language – A case study of Light Warlpiri 81
- Acquisition or shift? 105
- Substrate influence in Northern Quechua languages 133
- Coordination in the Suriname Creoles 161
- Reflections on Darwin’s natural selection 191
- Building grammar in the early stages of development of French Creoles 211
- Foundings and futures 243
- Detecting loan words computationally 269
- Learnability and ecological factors as motivators of language change 289
- The restructuring of Salikoko Mufwene through competition and selection 307
- Language Index 327
- Subject Index 329
