24.1318, Books: The development of the nominal domain in creole languages: Bobyleva

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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:17:31
From: Mariëtte Bonenkamp [lot at uu.nl]
Subject: The development of the nominal domain in creole languages: Bobyleva

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Title: The development of the nominal domain in creole languages 
Subtitle: A comparative-typological approach 
Series Title: LOT dissertation series  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	

Book URL: http://www.lotpublications.nl/index3.html 


Author: Ekaterina Bobyleva

Paperback: ISBN:  9789460931086 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 23.40 Comment: only available through internet


Abstract:

Since the early twentieth century, creole studies have been concerned with the
question of how these new languages came into being, whether they form a
separate class, and whether the study of these languages enhances our
understanding of language change and its relation to human knowledge of
language. The present study contributes to the discussion on the issue of
creole genesis by investigating the development of the nominal domain in a
variety of creole languages. It offers a thorough examination of the
etymology, morpho-syntactic and discourse-semantic properties of creole
nominal markers. Special emphasis is put on the distribution and
interpretation of bare (unmarked) nominal expressions – a feature that is
considered distinctive of creoles. The properties of creole nominal
expressions are considered from a comparativetypological perspective: the
study is carried out on fifteen creoles contrasted to their European
superstrates and their non-European substrates. In addition to superstrate and
substrate influence, the study investigates the role of the universals of
second language acquisition, grammaticalization, as well as the universal
principles of reference marking and discourse organization in the development
of the creole nominal domain. The findings of the study pose challenges for a
number of contemporarily prominent views on creole genesis as well as for
general theories of the structural organization and interpretation of nominal
expressions such as DP hypothesis. This study is particularly relevant to
linguists interested in language contact, creole studies, language change,
language acquisition, and syntax, semantics, and typology of nominal
expressions.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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