Michele M. Stewart
List of John Benjamins publications for which Michele M. Stewart plays a role.
Articles
2011 The expression of number in Jamaican Creole Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, pp. 363–385 | Article
In this paper I argue that there is no true number morphology in Jamaican Creole (JC). Instead, I show that dem, traditionally taken to be a plural marker, is more properly analyzed as a marker of inclusiveness, a defining characteristic of definiteness. These are expected outcomes of JC being in… read more
2009 Review of Lefebvre, White & Jourdan (2006): L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis. Dialogues Studies in Language 33:1, pp. 223–232 | Review
2007 13. Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamaican Creole Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: A multi-faceted approach, Baptista, Marlyse and Jacqueline Guéron (eds.), pp. 383–399 | Chapter
In this paper I argue that there is no plural marking in Jamaican Creole (JC), since post-nominal dem, traditionally analyzed as a marker of plurality, is instead best considered to be what I call an Inclusiveness marker. As a consequence of the lack of plural marking, all the interpretations of… read more