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1 online resource (viii, 493 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Creole language library,
0920-9026 ;
v. 31
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Creole language library ; v. 31.
0920-9026
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Noun phrases in Creole language: an introductory overview / Marlyse Baptsta, Jacqueline Guéron -- Bare nouns and the nominal in Santome / Nélia Alexandre, Tjerk Hagemeijer -- On the syntax and semantics of DP in Cape Verdean Creole / Marlyse Baptista -- Papiamentu and Brazilian Portuguese: a comparative study of bare nominals / Ellen-Petra Kester, Cristina Schmitt -- On the interpretation of bare noun phrases in Guinea-Bissau Portuguese Creole (Kriyol) / Alain Kihm -- Some aspects of NPs in Mindanao Chabacano: structural and historical considerations / Anthony P. Grant -- Bare nouns in Palenquero: a fresh consensus in the making / Armin Schwegler -- Bare nouns in Réunionnais creole / Robert Chaudenson -- The bare NP in lesser Antillean / Karl Gadelii -- Bare NPs and the deficient DPs in Haitian Creole and French: from morphosyntax to referent construal / Anne Zribi-Hertz, Herby Glaude -- Implicit determination and plural / Viviane Déprez -- Bare nouns and articles in Sranan / Adrienne Bruyn -- Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamican creole / Michele M. Stewart -- NPs in aspectual Be constructions in African American English / Lisa Green -- Bare nouns in African American English (AAE) / Arthur K. Spears -- Bare nouns in Berbice Dutch Creole / Silvia Kouwenberg -- Properties of noun phrases in Creole languages: a synthetic comparative exposition / Marlyse Baptista -- Functional deficiency, ellipsis or innovation in Creole languages? a post face / Marlyse Baptsita, Jaqueline Guéron. |
| Summary |
This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-creole) languages including Cape Verdean Creole, Santome, Papiamentu, Guinea-Bissau Creole, Mindanao Chabacano, Réunionnais Creole, Lesser Antillean, Haitian Creole, Mauritian Creole, Seychellois, Sranan, Jamaican Creole, Berbice Dutch Creole and African American English. Comparative studies also consider the determiner systems of Middle and Modern French, European Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Ewe, Fon and Gun. This compilat. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects -- Noun phrase.
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Creole dialects. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Noun phrase. |
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Creole dialects -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Baptista, Marlyse.
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Guéron, Jacqueline.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Noun phrases in Creole languages. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007 9789027252531 902725253X (DLC) 2007010196 (OCoLC)85862459 |
| ISBN |
9789027291820 (electronic book) |
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9027291829 (electronic book) |
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9789027252531 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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902725253X (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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