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Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages
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Main description:The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the general issue of Creole genesis and of the accelerated linguistic change that characterizes the emergence of these languages as compared to ordinary cases of linguistic change, the problem of the development of morphology in incipient Creoles, the problem of the validity of data in linguistic analysis, the issue of multifunctionality as regards the concept of lexical entry, the question of whether Creole languages are semanti...
Main description:
The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the general issue of Creole genesis and of the accelerated linguistic change that characterizes the emergence of these languages as compared to ordinary cases of linguistic change, the problem of the development of morphology in incipient Creoles, the problem of the validity of data in linguistic analysis, the issue of multifunctionality as regards the concept of lexical entry, the question of whether Creole languages are semantically more transparent than languages not known as Creoles, the issue of whether Creole languages constitute a typologically identifiable class and the problem of the interaction between the processes involved in the emergence and development of Creole languages. The purpose of this book is to present the major debates that are currently taking place in the field of Creole studies; evaluate the arguments against data (mainly drawn from Haitian Creole); and address the issues at stake within the framework of new paradigms. The various positions on each issue are summarized on the basis of a thorough review of the literature.
Table of contents:
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- The genesis of pidgin and creole languages: A State of the Art
- The relexification account of creole genesis. The case of Haitian Creole
- What do creole studies have to offer to mainstream linguistics?
- On data
- Multifunctionality and the concept of lexical entry
- On the semantic opacity of creole languages
- Do creole languages really form a typological class?
- The interplay of relexification and levelling in creole genesis and development
- The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: The case of Haitian Creole
- References
- Appendices
- Index of authors
- Index of subjects
The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the general issue of Creole genesis and of the accelerated linguistic change that characterizes the emergence of these languages as compared to ordinary cases of linguistic change, the problem of the development of morphology in incipient Creoles, the problem of the validity of data in linguistic analysis, the issue of multifunctionality as regards the concept of lexical entry, the question of whether Creole languages are semantically more transparent than languages not known as Creoles, the issue of whether Creole languages constitute a typologically identifiable class and the problem of the interaction between the processes involved in the emergence and development of Creole languages. The purpose of this book is to present the major debates that are currently taking place in the field of Creole studies; evaluate the arguments against data (mainly drawn from Haitian Creole); and address the issues at stake within the framework of new paradigms. The various positions on each issue are summarized on the basis of a thorough review of the literature.
Table of contents:
- List of tables
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- The genesis of pidgin and creole languages: A State of the Art
- The relexification account of creole genesis. The case of Haitian Creole
- What do creole studies have to offer to mainstream linguistics?
- On data
- Multifunctionality and the concept of lexical entry
- On the semantic opacity of creole languages
- Do creole languages really form a typological class?
- The interplay of relexification and levelling in creole genesis and development
- The emergence of productive morphology in creole languages: The case of Haitian Creole
- References
- Appendices
- Index of authors
- Index of subjects