Noun Phrases in Creole Languages

A multi-faceted approach

Editors

Marlyse Baptista | University of Georgia, Athens

Jacqueline Guéron | University of Paris III

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This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilation of 16 chapters brings together descriptive, theoretical, diachronic and synchronic studies that focus on the structure and interpretation of bare nouns in creoles. The contributions demonstrate the variety and complex nature of determiner systems in creoles and their widespread use of bare nouns in comparison to their source languages. This volume is evidence of the relevance of creole languages to theories of language creation, language change and linguistic theory in general.

[Creole Language Library, 31] 2007. x, 494 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.31

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment | p. ix

Part I: An introduction

1. Noun phrases in creole languages: An introductory overview

Marlyse Baptista and Jacqueline Guéron | pp. 3–34

Part II: Portuguese-lexified Creoles

2. Bare nouns and the nominal domain in Santome

Nélia Alexandre and Tjerk Hagemeijer | pp. 37–59

3. On the syntax and semantics of DP in Cape Verdean Creole

Marlyse Baptista | pp. 61–105

4. Papiamentu and Brazilian Portuguese: A comparative study of bare nominals

Ellen-Petra Kester and Cristina Schmitt | pp. 107–143

5. On the interpretation of bare noun phrases in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Creole (Kriyol)

Alain Kihm | pp. 145–169

Part III: Spanish-lexified Creoles

6. Some aspects of NPs in Mindanao Chabacano: Structural and historical considerations

Anthony P. Grant | pp. 173–204

7. Bare nouns in Palenquero: A fresh consensus in the making

Armin Schwegler | pp. 205–222

Part IV: French-lexified Creoles

8. Bare nouns in Réunionnais Creole

Robert Chaudenson | pp. 225–242

9. The bare NP in Lesser Antillean

Karl Gadelii | pp. 243–263

10. Bare NPs and deficient DPs in Haitian Creole and French: From morphosyntax to referent construal

Anne Zribi-Hertz and Herby Glaude | pp. 265–298

Part V: A comparison of romance Creoles

11. Implicit determination and plural

Viviane Déprez | pp. 301–336

Part VI: English-lexified Creoles

12. Bare nouns and articles in Sranan

Adrienne Bruyn | pp. 339–381

13. Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamaican Creole

Michele M. Stewart | pp. 383–399

Part VII: African American English

14. NPs in aspectual Be constructions in African American English

Lisa Green | pp. 403–420

15. Bare nouns in African American English (AAE)

Arthur K. Spears | pp. 421–434

Part VIII: Dutch-lexified Creoles

16. Bare nouns in Berbice Dutch Creole

Silvia Kouwenberg | pp. 437–458

Part IX: A Synthesis and a postface

17. Properties of noun phrases in creole languages: A synthetic comparative exposition

Marlyse Baptista | pp. 461–470

18. Functional deficiency, ellipsis or innovation in creole languages? A postface

Marlyse Baptista and Jacqueline Guéron | pp. 471–483

Index | pp. 485–493

“The contributions in this volume have intersting theoretical consequences for creole and non-creole models that deal with the syntax and semantics of (non) bare NP's. [...] These studies also provide a good foundation for future descriptive and theoretical work in NPs in creoles.”

Anand Syea, University of Westminster, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Vol. 24:1, 2009

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