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Language Change in Contact Languages: Grammatical and prosodic considerationsEdited by J. Clancy Clements and Shelome Gooden
[Studies in Language 33:2] 2009
► pp. 312–337
Grammaticalization in creoles
Ordinary and not-so-ordinary cases
Adrienne Bruyn | Radboud University Nijmegen
Cases from Sranan are presented in order to illustrate the various processes and mechanisms involved in developments in a creole language that could be interpreted as grammaticalization. While we do find “ordinary” grammaticalization, substrate patterns sometimes provided a model. In the extreme case, where the development consists of a large shortcut, grammaticalization as a usage-based process is no longer at issue, but rather a kind of local relexification variously referred to as “calquing” (Keesing 1991), “apparent grammaticalization” (Bruyn 1996), or “polysemy copying” (Heine and Kuteva 2005). Yet other cases involve reanalysis of a lexifier form without grammaticalization (Detges 2000). Distinguishing between the various types of developments is essential both for understanding the processes shaping creoles, and for delimiting the concept of grammaticalization.
Published online: 15 May 2009
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.33.2.04bru
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.33.2.04bru
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