This paper explores the idea that in contact situations, there exists a process whereby so-called morpho-syntactic simplification is correlated to semantic complexification. In examining this process in the verbal and nominal domains, we show that a given morpheme may actually carry in Cape Verdean Creole (CVC) and Guinea-Bissau Creole (GBC) a cluster of semantic feature values where the European language only has one. In order to measure degrees of simplification versus complexification, this paper uses Kusters’ (2003) complexity evaluation metrics involving inflectional morphology specifically. This paper also shows to what extent two sister creoles such as CVC and GBC, assumed to have emerged from the same source languages, display similarities and distinct differences in their morphological properties.
2021. A′ constructions. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 166 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Changes outside of the CCore. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 225 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Overview. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 3 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Argument structure. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 111 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Grammatical functions. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 145 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Recapitulation and prospects. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 274 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Constructions. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 16 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Universals. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 41 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Language Change, Variation, and Universals,
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Constructional change in Germanic. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 197 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Constructional economy and analogy. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 242 ff.
Culicover, Peter W.
2021. Learning, complexity, and competition. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. 68 ff.
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2021. List of Abbreviations. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. xv ff.
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2021. Preface. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. xi ff.
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2021. Copyright Page. In Language Change, Variation, and Universals, ► pp. iv ff.
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