Andrei A. Avram
List of John Benjamins publications for which Andrei A. Avram plays a role.
2018 On the relationship between Arabic Foreigner Talk and Pidgin Arabic Arabic in Contact, Manfredi, Stefano and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 251–274 | Chapter
The paper compares morphosyntactic and lexical features of the Arabic Foreigner Talk register to those of four Arabic-lexifier pidgins, Pidgin Madame, Jordanian Pidgin Arabic, Romanian Pidgin Arabic, and Gulf Pidgin Arabic. The comparative overview identifies a relatively significant number of… read more
2016 Diagnostic features of English-lexifier Creoles: Evidence from Antiguan English World-Wide 37:2, pp. 168–196 | Article
This paper analyzes the attestations in Antiguan of the diagnostic features of English-lexifier contact languages, as proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). It compares the distribution of these features in Antiguan and the seven Atlantic English-lexifier Pidgins and Creoles considered by Baker and… read more
2016 Review of Baker & Pederson (2013): Talk of St Kitts and Nevis Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 31:2, pp. 440–444 | Review
2015 The distribution of diagnostic features in English-lexified contact languages: Vincentian Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Prescod, Paula (ed.), pp. 113–140 | Article
Drawing on both historical and contemporary data, this paper presents the attestations in Vincentian of the diagnostic features of English-lexified contact languages proposed by Baker & Huber (2001). This is followed by a comparison of the distribution of these features in Vincentian and in the… read more
2012 Can speech pitch perception be measured language-independently? Linguistics in the Netherlands 2012, Elenbaas, Marion and Suzanne Aalberse (eds.), pp. 55–67 | Article
Recently, a test battery was developed with the goal of assessing perception of F0 in linguistic, but language-independent, contexts by listeners from different language backgrounds. Test validation using Dutch, Italian and Romanian listeners generally showed comparable performance. In this study… read more
2004 Atlantic, Pacific or world-wide? Issues in assessing the status of creole features English World-Wide 25:1, pp. 81–108 | Article
This paper addresses the issue of the distribution in English-based pidgins and creoles of a number of selected diagnostic features. A large corpus of 17 Atlantic and eight Pacific varieties is surveyed in search of attestations. Examples are listed to illustrate the occurrence of features in the… read more