Creole languages and parameter setting: A case study using Haitian Creole and the pro-drop parameter

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction: Creole languages and language acquisition 1
4. Part I Creolization as first-language acquisition
5. Small steps or large leaps? Undergeneralization and overgeneralization in creole acquisition 9
6. Creoles and the bankruptcy of current acquisition theory 33
7. Comment on Bickerton's paper 45
8. Ambient language and learner output in a creole environment 51
9. Creole languages and parameter setting: A case study using Haitian Creole and the pro-drop parameter 65
10. Part II Creolization as second-language acquisition
11. Does creologeny really recapitulate ontogeny? 109
12. The making of a language from a lexical point of view 119
13. Creolization and the acquisition of English as a second language 139
14. Part III Creolization as relexification
15. The functional category "agreement" and creole genesis 153
16. On the acquisition of nominal structures in the genesis of Haitian Creole 185