Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia
Edited by John W.M. Verhaar, S.J.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 20] 1990. xiv, 409 pp.
John W.M. Verhaar, S.J.
List of John Benjamins publications for which John W.M. Verhaar, S.J. plays a role.
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Subjects Creole studies | Typology
Articles
1999 Review of Wetzer (1996): The typology of adjectival predication Studies in Language 23:1, pp. 183–192 | Review
1995 Curriculum vitae Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar, Abraham, Werner, T. Givón and Sandra A. Thompson (eds.), pp. xi ff. | Miscellaneous
1994 Review of van den Berg (1989): A grammar of the Muna language Studies in Language 18:1, pp. 205–215 | Review
1993 Don Kulick. Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction Studies in Language 17:2, pp. 509–511 | Squib
1991 The Function of I in Tok Pisin Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 6:2, pp. 231–266 | Article
The use of the Tok Pisin particle i, traditionally known as the "predicate marker," is shown to be overwhelmingly subject to two constraints, i.e., that of "nondeictic" use (as controlled by subject arguments), and that of "resumptive" use, with the latter sometimes overriding the former. Here,… read more
1990 How Transitive is Intransitive? Studies in Language 14:1, pp. 93–168 | Article
1990 Introduction Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia, Verhaar, S.J., John W.M. (ed.), pp. vii ff. | Miscellaneous
1989 In Memoriam Pieter A. Verburg Studies in Language 13:2, pp. 253–255 | Miscellaneous
1985 On Iconicity and Hierarchy Studies in Language 9:1, pp. 21–76 | Article
1984 Editor's Preface Studies in Language 8:2, p. | Miscellaneous