Gradual Creolization

Studies celebrating Jacques Arends

Editors

Rachel Selbach | University of Amsterdam

Hugo C. Cardoso | University of Amsterdam

Margot van den Berg | Radboud University Nijmegen

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Is creolization an abrupt or a gradual process? In this volume leading scholars provide both comparative and case studies that outline their working definitions and their views on the particular or average time depth, or key processes necessary for contact language formation, providing a state-of-the art assessment of the theory of gradual creolization. Authors scrutinize the roles of nativization, demography, initial settlement, language composition, koineization, adstrate presence, bilingualism, as well as a variety of structural features in pidgins, creoles and other contact languages world-wide. From Pacific to Atlantic, French-, English-, Dutch-, Portuguese- and other-lexified restructured varieties are covered. Syntactic, lexical, phonological, historical and socio-cultural studies are grouped into Part 1, Linguistic analysis, and Part 2, Social reconstruction. This volume provides the multi-faceted groundwork and expert discussion that will help formulate further a model of gradual creolization, as called for by the work of the late Jacques Arends.

[Creole Language Library, 34] 2009. x, 392 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 27 March 2009

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.34

Table of Contents

Maps | pp. ix–x

Introductory words

One more cup of coffee: On Gradual Creolization

Margot van den Berg and Rachel Selbach | pp. 3–12

Jacques Arends' model of gradual creolization

Hugo C. Cardoso | pp. 13–23

Part 1. Linguistic analysis

Productive bimorphemic structures and the concept of gradual creolization

Philip Baker | pp. 27–53

Gradual vs. abrupt creolization and recent changes in Daman Creole Portuguese

J. Clancy Clements | pp. 55–75

Gradual restructuring in Ecuadorian Quechua

Pieter Muysken | pp. 77–100

A note on the process of lexical diffusion in the development of creoles: The case of double-object verbs

Claire Lefebvre | pp. 101–112

Change in the possessive system of French Caribbean Creole languages

Marie-Christine Hazael-Massieux | pp. 113–128

The origin and development of possibility in the creoles of Suriname

Bettina Migge and Donald Winford | pp. 129–153

The Saramaccan lexicon: Verbs

Peter Bakker | pp. 155–172

Development of a creole lexicon

George L. Huttar | pp. 173–188

Gradualism in the transfer of tone spread rules in Saramaccan

Marvin Kramer | pp. 189–217

In search of a submerged phonology: The case of early Cape Dutch Pidgin

Hans den Besten | pp. 219–241

Part 2. Sociohistorical reconstruction

Bilingualism and creolization in Solomon Islands

Christine Jourdan | pp. 245–256

Lingua Franca in West Africa? An evaluation of the sociohistorical and metalinguistic evidence

Magnus Huber | pp. 257–278

The formation of the Portuguese-based Creoles: Gradual or abrupt?

John Ladhams | pp. 279–303

English-speaking in early Surinam?

Norval Smith | pp. 305–326

The demographic context of creolization in early English Jamaica, 1655-1700

Silvia Kouwenberg | pp. 327–348

The founder principle and Anguilla's homestead society

Don E. Walicek | pp. 349–372

Demographic factors in the formation of French Guianese Creole

William Jennings | pp. 373–387

Index | pp. 389–392

“Linguists and scholars engaged with Pidgin and Creole genesis and language contact phenomena will find that this anthology offers a stimulating and comprehensive treatment of the key issues of these areas. Gradual Creolization celebrates Jacques Arends' substantial impact on the field and provides expert discussion that will help formulate further conclusions regarding the time-line of Creole formation within a historically realistic framework.”

Aida Vergne, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, in Sargosso 10(1): 128-133, 2009

“The volume is cohesive in demonstrating the importance of meticulous sociohistorical research in describing and theorizing about the origins of language contact varieties. It is both a valuable contribution to the field of contact linguistics and a fitting tribute to the work of Jacques Arends.”

Jeff Siegel, University of New England, in Studies in Language Vol. 35:1, 2011

“Overall, the present volume is an important addition to the creolistic literature.I like to think that if, from the other side, Jacques Arends could see this testament to a vibrant field, there would be a Bob Dylan verse to convey his reaction:
But my heart is not weary.
It’s light and it’s free.
I’ve got nothing but affection
For all those who’ve sailed with me. [“Mississippi,” from the album Love and Theft (2001)].”

Paul T. Roberge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Stellenbosch University, in Diachronica Vol. 29:3 (2012), pag. 359-376

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