The Emergence of Protolanguage: Holophrasis vs compositionality
Edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
[Benjamins Current Topics, 24] 2010. xi, 181 pp.
Derek Bickerton
List of John Benjamins publications for which Derek Bickerton plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Evolution of language | Theoretical linguistics
Holophrasis vs Compositionality in the Emergence of Protolanguage
Edited by Michael A. Arbib and Derek Bickerton
Special issue of Interaction Studies 9:1 (2008) 184 pp.
Subjects Cognition and language | Evolution of language
Grammatical Relations in a Radical Creole: Verb Complementation in Saramaccan
Francis Byrne
[Creole Language Library, 3] 1987. xiv, 293 pp.
Subjects Contact Linguistics | Creole studies | Syntax
2014 The myth of creole “exceptionalism” The Sociolinguistics of Grammar, Åfarli, Tor A. and Brit Mæhlum (eds.), pp. 191–202 | Article
Recently claims that the universalist approach to creole languages treats them as “exceptional” are misconceived. The only thing “exceptional” about creoles is the sociohistorical context within which creoles originated. Creoles utilize the same processes that are deployed during “normal” language… read more
2010 But how did protolanguage actually start? The Emergence of Protolanguage: Holophrasis vs compositionality, Arbib, Michael A. and Derek Bickerton (eds.), pp. 167–174 | Article
In dealing with the nature of protolanguage, an important formative factor in its development, and one that would surely have influenced that nature, has too often been neglected: the precise circumstances under which protolanguage arose. Three factors are involved in this neglect: a failure to… read more
2009 Recursion: Core of complexity or artifact of analysis? Syntactic Complexity: Diachrony, acquisition, neuro-cognition, evolution, Givón, T. and Masayoshi Shibatani (eds.), pp. 531–544 | Article
2008 But how did protolanguage actually start? Holophrasis vs Compositionality in the Emergence of Protolanguage, Arbib, Michael A. and Derek Bickerton (eds.), pp. 169–176 | Article
In dealing with the nature of protolanguage, an important formative factor in its development, and one that would surely have influenced that nature, has too often been neglected: the precise circumstances under which protolanguage arose. Three factors are involved in this neglect: a failure to… read more
2006 Creoles, capitalism, and colonialism History, Society and Variation: In honor of Albert Valdman, Clements, J. Clancy, Thomas A. Klingler, Deborah Piston-Hatlen and Kevin J. Rottet (eds.), pp. 137–152 | Article
1999 Derek Bickerton in response to John Victor Singler Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:1, pp. 221–222 | Miscellaneous
1999 Pidgins and Language Mixture Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato, Rickford, John R. and Suzanne Romaine (eds.), pp. 31–44 | Article
1999 Derek Bickerton in response to J.L. Dillard Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:1, pp. 222–223 | Miscellaneous
1998 A Sociohistoric Examination of Afrogenesis Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:1, pp. 63–92 | Article
Afrogenesis is taken here to mean the belief that the English-based Atlantic creole languages originated on the West Coast of Africa. This paper shows that Afrogenesis, originally proposed in work by Hancock and by Smith, and now given a new lease on life by McWhorter, is at best highly dubious.… read more
1998 Review of Arends (1995): The early stages of creolization Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:1, pp. 188–193 | Review
1997 Review of Puppel (1995): The biology of language Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 12:2, pp. 371–373 | Review
1996 The origins of variations in Guyanese Towards a Social Science of Language: Papers in honor of William Labov, Guy, Gregory R., Crawford Feagin, Deborah Schiffrin and John Baugh (eds.), pp. 311–328 | Article
1996 Review of Adone (1994): The acquisition of Mauritian Creole Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:2, pp. 349–352 | Review
1996 Charlene Junko Sato 25 June 1951-28 January 1996 Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:2, pp. 329–334 | Miscellaneous
1996 Derek Bickerton Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:1, pp. 179–180 | Miscellaneous
1994 Will the real Hawaii Pidgin stand up? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:2, pp. 427–428 | Miscellaneous
1993 Subject Focus and Pronouns Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages: Papers from the University of Chicago Conference on Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages, Byrne, Francis and Donald Winford (eds.), p. | Article
1992 Response to Mufwene Diachronica 9:1, pp. 145–148 | Miscellaneous
1992 The Sociohistorical Matrix of Creolization Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 7:2, pp. 307–318 | Article
1992 The creole key to the black box of language Thirty Years of Linguistic Evolution: Studies in honour of René Dirven on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Pütz, Martin (ed.), pp. 97–108 | Article
1992 On the Thomason-Kaufman Critique of the Bioprogram Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 7:1, pp. 101–105 | Squib
1991 On the Supposed "Gradualness" of Creole Development Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 6:1, pp. 25–58 | Article
Two recent works by Carden & Stewart (1988) and Arends (1989) have tried to prove a gradual rather than a single-generational origin for Haitian and Sranan respectively. Both arguments, however, are severely flawed. The Carden-Stewart argument from Haitian reflexivization is shown to depend on… read more
1990 If it Quacks Like a Duck: A Reply to Seuren Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 5:2, pp. 293–303 | Reply
1990 Sanson Pirog Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 5:1, pp. 121–124 | Squib
1989 Seselwa Serialization and its Significance Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 4:2, pp. 155–183 | Article
Hitherto it has been believed that serial verb constructions were not found in the French Creoles of the Indian Ocean. In fact, there exists a wide variety of such constructions in both Morisyen and Seselwa; extensive examples from Seselwa are provided. However, for less basilectal speakers, such… read more
1988 Relexification Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 3:2, pp. 277–282 | To be specified
1987 Beyond Roots: Lessons from Life Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2:1, pp. 49–55 | Miscellaneous
1987 Beyond Roots: Knowing What's What Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2:2, pp. 229–237 | Miscellaneous
1986 Beyond Roots: The Five-Year Test Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 1:2, pp. 225–232 | Miscellaneous
1986 Creoles and West African Languages: a Case of Mistaken Identity? Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985, Muysken, Pieter and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 25–40 | Article
1986 Beyond Roots: Progress or Regress? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 1:1, pp. 135–140 | Miscellaneous
1984 The language bioprogram hypothesis and second language acquisition Language Universals and Second Language Acquisition, Rutherford, William E. (ed.), pp. 141–161 | Article
1980 Creolization, Linguistic Universals, Natural Semantax and the Brain Issues in English Creoles: Papers from the 1975 Hawaii Conference, Day, Richard R. (ed.), pp. 1–18 | Article
1979 24. The status of bin in the Atlantic creoles Readings in Creole Studies, Hancock, Ian F. (ed.), pp. 309–314 | Chapter