Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1989
Since the paper by Jansen et al (1978), it is a well-known fact that serializing languages divide... more Since the paper by Jansen et al (1978), it is a well-known fact that serializing languages divide into two major groups: those which have Take-serial constructions and those which don’t. Haitian creole has Take-serial constructions, as exemplified in (l):(1)Jan pran kabrit ale nan macheJohn take goat go in market‘John brought the goat in the market.’Among the languages which have Take-serial constructions, languages further divide into two groups: those which have instrumental Take constructions and those which do not. An example of an instrumental Take-serial construction is provided in (2). In these constructions, the subject of the second verb is interpreted as the instrument of the complex predicate formed by the series of verbs.
Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1989
L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théo... more L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théorie de la variation et du changement linguistique dans les langues naturelles. Même si la genèse des langues créoles se démarque de la genèse des autres langues, tant par les circonstances historiques dans lesquelles elles se développent, que par les dérivations linguistiques qui les caractérisent, l’origine des langues créoles doit être expliquée à l’intérieur du même cadre que les autres langues. Cependent, étant donné les propriétés uniques de leur origine, l’étude des langues créoles offre une contrainte de plus sur la forme de la théorie linguistique en générale. Ce qui est unique et extraordinaire à propos des langues créoles c’est surtout le partage systématique de leurs propriétés par rapport aux propriétés de leurs langues sources. Il existe une théorie de la genèse des langues qui permet d’expliquer la systématicité de ce partage: la relexification Nous montrerons que cette thé...
1. Preface 2. Misumalpan Verb Sequencing Constuctions (by Hale, Kenneth L.) 3. Take Serial Verb C... more 1. Preface 2. Misumalpan Verb Sequencing Constuctions (by Hale, Kenneth L.) 3. Take Serial Verb Constructions in Fon (by Lefebvre, Claire) 4. On the Relation of Serialization to Verb Extensions (by Baker, Mark C.) 5. On Deriving Serial Verb Constructions (by Li, Yafei) 6. Some Substantive Issues Concerning Verb Serialization: Grammatical vs. Cognitive Packaging (by Givon, T.) 7. Some Issues in Verb Serialization (by Larson, Richard K.)
... 1 Page 83. 66 LEFEBVRE, RITTER 3) Bliye Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini on, li pa fè monje. fo... more ... 1 Page 83. 66 LEFEBVRE, RITTER 3) Bliye Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini on, li pa fè monje. forgetMary forget John past prog, come Det she not make food 'Because Mary forgot that John was coming, she did not prepare food.' b)* Vini Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini an, li pa fè manje. ...
... Different types of Movement of Constituents are analyzed as the in-stantiations of a very gen... more ... Different types of Movement of Constituents are analyzed as the in-stantiations of a very general rule of "move a", 'move anything to any-where'. The ... raising. Our Move CASE rule, we will argue, shares the characteristics of Page 6. ...
L'article traite du point de vue theorique de la transparence semantique des creoles. L'A... more L'article traite du point de vue theorique de la transparence semantique des creoles. L'A. postule contre ladite theorie en examinant plus particulierement un corpus de creole hawaien sous trois principaux aspects : semantique lexicale (examen du lexique), morphologie (examen d'affixes) et syntaxe (ordre des mots et regles de mouvement). L'analyse des deux premiers aspects montre que la theorie de transparence est invalidee par la presence d'idiosyncrasies semantiques en creole. Du point de vue de la syntaxe, il est mis en evidence des marqueurs specifiques au creole (constructions, mode et aspect). L'A. penche par consequent vers une opacite plutot qu'une transparence des creoles.
Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology, 2011
... Lucian; those that have Asian languages as their substrates are China Coast Pidgin, Kupang Ma... more ... Lucian; those that have Asian languages as their substrates are China Coast Pidgin, Kupang Malay, Mindanao Chabacano, Singapore English or Singlish, Sri Lanka (n) Malay and Ternate Chabacano; those that have Pacific languages as their substrates are Central Australian ...
The problem of the origin of pidgin and creole genesis has been addressed from different points o... more The problem of the origin of pidgin and creole genesis has been addressed from different points of view over the last century. This paper summarises and evaluates the various theories proposed to account for the genesis of these languages. The paper begins with a discussion of features that any theory aiming at explaining the origin of pidgin and creole languages must be able to account for. Then, the competing theories of creole genesis are evaluated against these features.
Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1989
Since the paper by Jansen et al (1978), it is a well-known fact that serializing languages divide... more Since the paper by Jansen et al (1978), it is a well-known fact that serializing languages divide into two major groups: those which have Take-serial constructions and those which don’t. Haitian creole has Take-serial constructions, as exemplified in (l):(1)Jan pran kabrit ale nan macheJohn take goat go in market‘John brought the goat in the market.’Among the languages which have Take-serial constructions, languages further divide into two groups: those which have instrumental Take constructions and those which do not. An example of an instrumental Take-serial construction is provided in (2). In these constructions, the subject of the second verb is interpreted as the instrument of the complex predicate formed by the series of verbs.
Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique, 1989
L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théo... more L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théorie de la variation et du changement linguistique dans les langues naturelles. Même si la genèse des langues créoles se démarque de la genèse des autres langues, tant par les circonstances historiques dans lesquelles elles se développent, que par les dérivations linguistiques qui les caractérisent, l’origine des langues créoles doit être expliquée à l’intérieur du même cadre que les autres langues. Cependent, étant donné les propriétés uniques de leur origine, l’étude des langues créoles offre une contrainte de plus sur la forme de la théorie linguistique en générale. Ce qui est unique et extraordinaire à propos des langues créoles c’est surtout le partage systématique de leurs propriétés par rapport aux propriétés de leurs langues sources. Il existe une théorie de la genèse des langues qui permet d’expliquer la systématicité de ce partage: la relexification Nous montrerons que cette thé...
1. Preface 2. Misumalpan Verb Sequencing Constuctions (by Hale, Kenneth L.) 3. Take Serial Verb C... more 1. Preface 2. Misumalpan Verb Sequencing Constuctions (by Hale, Kenneth L.) 3. Take Serial Verb Constructions in Fon (by Lefebvre, Claire) 4. On the Relation of Serialization to Verb Extensions (by Baker, Mark C.) 5. On Deriving Serial Verb Constructions (by Li, Yafei) 6. Some Substantive Issues Concerning Verb Serialization: Grammatical vs. Cognitive Packaging (by Givon, T.) 7. Some Issues in Verb Serialization (by Larson, Richard K.)
... 1 Page 83. 66 LEFEBVRE, RITTER 3) Bliye Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini on, li pa fè monje. fo... more ... 1 Page 83. 66 LEFEBVRE, RITTER 3) Bliye Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini on, li pa fè monje. forgetMary forget John past prog, come Det she not make food 'Because Mary forgot that John was coming, she did not prepare food.' b)* Vini Mari bliye Jan t'ap vini an, li pa fè manje. ...
... Different types of Movement of Constituents are analyzed as the in-stantiations of a very gen... more ... Different types of Movement of Constituents are analyzed as the in-stantiations of a very general rule of "move a", 'move anything to any-where'. The ... raising. Our Move CASE rule, we will argue, shares the characteristics of Page 6. ...
L'article traite du point de vue theorique de la transparence semantique des creoles. L'A... more L'article traite du point de vue theorique de la transparence semantique des creoles. L'A. postule contre ladite theorie en examinant plus particulierement un corpus de creole hawaien sous trois principaux aspects : semantique lexicale (examen du lexique), morphologie (examen d'affixes) et syntaxe (ordre des mots et regles de mouvement). L'analyse des deux premiers aspects montre que la theorie de transparence est invalidee par la presence d'idiosyncrasies semantiques en creole. Du point de vue de la syntaxe, il est mis en evidence des marqueurs specifiques au creole (constructions, mode et aspect). L'A. penche par consequent vers une opacite plutot qu'une transparence des creoles.
Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology, 2011
... Lucian; those that have Asian languages as their substrates are China Coast Pidgin, Kupang Ma... more ... Lucian; those that have Asian languages as their substrates are China Coast Pidgin, Kupang Malay, Mindanao Chabacano, Singapore English or Singlish, Sri Lanka (n) Malay and Ternate Chabacano; those that have Pacific languages as their substrates are Central Australian ...
The problem of the origin of pidgin and creole genesis has been addressed from different points o... more The problem of the origin of pidgin and creole genesis has been addressed from different points of view over the last century. This paper summarises and evaluates the various theories proposed to account for the genesis of these languages. The paper begins with a discussion of features that any theory aiming at explaining the origin of pidgin and creole languages must be able to account for. Then, the competing theories of creole genesis are evaluated against these features.
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