Silvia Kouwenberg

Kouwenberg, Silvia and John Victor Singler. 2020. “Are creoles a special type of language?”. In Advances in Contact Linguistics: In honour of Pieter Muysken, 107–158

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2017. “The sociohistorical matrix of creolization and the role children played in this process”. In Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas: In honor of John V. Singler, 79–100

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2016. “Nineteenth-Century Creolist Work and Its Reflections on Language and Community”. Historiographia Linguistica 43:1/2, 209–222

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Darlene LaCharité. 2015. “Arbitrariness and iconicity in total reduplication”. In The Why and How of Total Reduplication: Current Issues and New Perspectives, 971–991

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Claire Lefebvre. 2015. “Chapter 8. A new analysis of the Papiamentu clause structure”. In Functional Categories in Three Atlantic Creoles: Saramaccan, Haitian and Papiamentu, 283–315

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Darlene LaCharité. 2013. “The typology of Caribbean Creole reduplication”. In Creole Languages and Linguistic Typology, 245–268

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2012. “Rejoinder”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 27:1, 167–169

Aboh, Enoch O., Adrienne Bruyn, James Essegbey, Silvia Kouwenberg, Rocky R. Meade, Pieter Muysken, Margot van den Berg and Tonjes Veenstra. 2011. “A Tribute to Norval Smith”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, 235–246

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2011. “Linguistics in the Caribbean”. In Creoles and Typology, 219–233

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Darlene LaCharité. 2011. “The typology of Caribbean Creole reduplication”. In Creoles and Typology, 194–218

Kouwenberg, Silvia, Winnie Anderson-Brown, Terri-Ann Barrett, Shyrel-Ann Dean, Tamirand De Lisser, Havenol Douglas, Marsha Forbes, Autense France, Lorna Gordon, Byron Jones, Novelette McLean and Jodianne Scott. 2011. “Linguistics in the Caribbean”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, 387–403

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2010. “Creole studies and linguistic typology”. In Pidgins and Creoles in Asian Contexts, 173–186

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2010. “Creole studies and linguistic typology: Part"2”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 25:2, 359–380

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2009. “The invisible hand in creole genesis”. In Complex Processes in New Languages, 115–158

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2009. “The demographic context of creolization in early English Jamaica, 1655-1700”. In Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends, 327–348

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2008. “1. The problem of multiple substrates: The case of Jamaican Creole”. In Roots of Creole Structures: Weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates, 1–27

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Kedisha Williams. 2008. “Review of Nero (2006): Dialects, Englishes, creoles and education ”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23:2, 356–359

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2007. “16. Bare nouns in Berbice Dutch Creole”. In Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: A multi-faceted approach, 437–458

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2006. “Review of Aceto & Williams (2003): Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean ”. Studies in Language 30:3, 651–654

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2006. “LI transfer and the cut-off point for L2 acquisition processes in Creole formation”. In L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues, 205–219

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2005. “Review of Baptista (2002): The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole. The Sotavento Varieties ”. Studies in Language 29:1, 255–259

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Darlene LaCharité. 2004. “Echoes of Africa”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 19:2, 285–331

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2001. “9. Convergence and explanations in creole genesis”. In Creolization and Contact, 219

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 2000. “Review of “The art of remembering: The Lumbalú of Palenque and the genesis of Palenquero, a review of “Chi ma n kongo”: Lengua y rito ancestrales en El Palenque de San Basilio” by Armin Schwegler”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 15:1, 229–237

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1999. “Review of Munteanu & Joubert (1996): El papiamento, lengua criolla hispánica ”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 14:2, 413–417

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1996. “Substrate or Superstrate”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 11:2, 343–347

Arends, Jacques, Silvia Kouwenberg and Norval Smith. 1994. “9. Theories focusing on the non-European input”. In Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, 99–109

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1994. “Berbrice Dutch”. In Typological Studies in Negation, 237

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1994. “19. Berbice Dutch”. In Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, 233–243

Kouwenberg, Silvia and Pieter Muysken. 1994. “17. Papiamento”. In Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, 205–218

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1993. “Review of Hagège (1990): The dialogic species: A linguistic contribution to the social sciences ”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 8:2, 317–319

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1993. “Cliticization of pronouns in Berbice Dutch and Eastern Ijo”. In Atlantic Meets Pacific: A global view of pidginization and creolization, 119

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1991. “Review of Arends (1989): Syntactic developments in Sranan: Creolization as a gradual process ”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 6:1, 127–133

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1990. “Complementizer PA, the Finiteness of its Complements and Some Remarks on Empty Categories in Papiamento”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 5:1, 39–51

Kouwenberg, Silvia. 1989. “Review of Smith (1987): The genesis of the creole languages of Surinam ”. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 4:2, 298–305

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