Sarah J. Roberts | John Benjamins

Roberts, Sarah J. 2011 The copula in Hawai‘i Creole English and substrate reinforcement Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology, Lefebvre, Claire (ed.), pp. 557–573 | Article

This article presents comparative and diachronic evidence indicating that substratum patterns played a significant role in the development of the copula in Hawai‘i Creole English. The predominantly Cantonese, Portuguese, Hawaiian, and Japanese substrate did not contribute much to the innovation of… read more

Roberts, Sarah J. 2009 Review of Burridge & Kortmann (2008): Varieties of English. 3, The Pacific and Australasia Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 24:2, pp. 377–380 | Review

Roberts, Sarah J. 2006 Review of Sakoda & Siegel (2003): Pidgin Grammar: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Hawai’i & Tonouchi (2005): Da Kine Dictionary: Compiled and Edited by Da Pidgin Guerrilla English World-Wide 27:3, pp. 364–370 | Review

Roberts, Sarah J. 2004 15. The role of style and identity in the development of Hawaiian Creole Creoles, Contact, and Language Change: Linguistic and social implications, Escure, Geneviève and Armin Schwegler (eds.), pp. 331–350 | Book notice

Roberts, Sarah J. 2001 Review of Schneider (1997): Englishes around the world, vol. 1. General studies, British Isles, North America. Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach & Schneider (1997): Englishes around the world, vol. 2. Caribbean, Africa, Australasia. Studies in honour of Manfred Görlach Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 16:2, pp. 374–378 | Review

Roberts, Sarah J. 2000 Nativization and the genesis of Hawaiian Creole Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles, McWhorter, John H. (ed.), pp. 257–300 | Article

Roberts, Sarah J. 1999 The TMA System of Hawaiian Creole and Diffusion Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato, Rickford, John R. and Suzanne Romaine (eds.), pp. 45–70 | Article

Roberts, Sarah J. 1998 Early Hawaiian Pidgin and "Colloquial English" Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 13:1, pp. 205–208 | Miscellaneous