UID:
almafu_9961864689902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781009221924
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1009221922
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9781009221917
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1009221914
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9781009221900
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1009221906
Inhalt:
Bringing together scholars from the fields of language evolution, language acquisition and development of young languages, this book explores current debates on syntax, focusing particularly on Creole languages. Shedding light on the relevance of syntax, it is essential reading for researchers and students in a wide range of linguistic disciplines.
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I The Evolution of Syntax -- 2 From the Protolanguage Spectrum to the Underlying Bases of Language -- 2.1 In Search of the Underlying Bases of Language (UBL) -- 2.2 Towards an Adequate Theory of Language Origins -- 2.3 To the Language-Ready Brain and on to Languages -- 2.4 To the Underlying Bases of Language and on to Languages -- 2.5 Pidgins and Creoles and the New-Look Language Bioprogram -- References -- 3 From Protolanguage to Deuterolanguage: The Importance of Compounds -- 3.1 Bickerton and Jackendoff on Protolanguage -- 3.2 Lexically Listed Items and 'Compounds': An Apparent Confusion -- 3.3 Non-nouns inside Compounds, and Restrictions on Their Modification -- 3.4 Deuterolanguage Untamed: Law Degree Language Requirement Changes and Cup Bid Floats -- 3.5 Deuterolanguage Tamed: Evidence from Germanic Languages -- 3.6 Characteristic B and the Truck-Driver Problem -- 3.7 A Final Note: Idiomaticity and the Two Meanings of 'Lexical' -- References -- 4 The SOV Mystery and Language Evolution -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Neo-recapitulationist Perspective -- 4.3 The SOV Mystery -- 4.4 Extrapolation #1: Canine Communication -- 4.5 Extrapolation #2: Early Child Language -- 4.6 Pre-grammatical Pidgin as an Evolutionary Stage -- 4.7 The Evolution of Grammar: A Hypothesis -- 4.8 Discussion -- References -- 5 Broken Windows: Creoles, Pidgins, and Language Evolution -- 5.1 The Forensic -- 5.2 Conceptual Clarifications -- 5.3 From Language Bioprogram Hypothesis to Lexical Learning Hypothesis -- 5.4 A Creole Window on Early Human Language? The View from Creolistics.
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5.5 A Creole Window on Early Human Language? The View from Evolutionary Linguistics -- 5.6 The Pidgin Window Revisited -- 5.7 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Roots of Syntax: Anaphora and Negation in Creoles -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Anaphora -- 6.3 Negation -- 6.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II The Acquisition of Syntax -- 7 Acquisition of Negation in Jamaican -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Negation in Jamaican -- 7.3 Acquisition of Negation -- 7.4 Methodology -- 7.5 Results: Acquisition of Negation in Jamaican -- 7.6 Discussion -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Missing Subjects in Creole Acquisition: Insights from Jamaican and Morisyen -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Null Subject Phenomenon in Adult Jamaican and Morisyen -- 8.3 Early Null Subjects in Jamaican and Morisyen -- 8.4 Methodology -- 8.5 Findings -- 8.6 Analysis and Discussion -- 8.7 Summary and Conclusions -- References -- 9 Home Signs as a Window on Language Creation -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Previous Studies on Home Signs -- 9.3 The Language Bioprogram and Protolanguage -- 9.4 Background on Mauritian Sign Language and Mauritian Home Sign -- 9.5 Data -- 9.6 Discussion -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Young Children Creating Grammars: Are Twins' Languages Like Pidgins or Creoles? -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Generalizations about Pidgins -- 10.3 Generalizations about Creoles -- 10.4 From 'Pidgin' to Creole: Bickerton's Bioprogram Hypothesis -- 10.5 What about Twins Who Create Their Own Language? -- 10.6 Generalizations about Twins' Language Grammars -- 10.7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III The Development of Syntax -- 11 A Matter of Degree: All Languages are Mixed -- 11.1 Introduction: On the Universality of Admixture -- 11.2 Converging Voices, Converging Identities, Converging Languages -- 11.3 Interlingual Identification (Weinreich 1953).
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11.4 Implications and Conclusion -- References -- 12 Negative Concord in Creole Languages: Commonality and Variation in the Perspective of Bickerton's Legacy -- 12.1 Bickerton's Legacy on Negation and Negative Dependencies -- 12.2 Standard Negation in Creole Languages: Does the Position of Negation Matter for Negative Concord? -- 12.3 Questions of Frequency and Typological Representativity of Creole Negative Concord -- 12.4 Variations in Negative Concord: A Look at French Lexifier Creoles -- 12.5 Conclusions and Questions -- References -- 13 Contrasting the NPs of Indian Ocean French Creoles -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Frame of Analysis -- 13.3 Lexical Entities and Determiners in Nominal Expressions in IO Creoles -- 13.4 Definiteness in IO Creoles -- 13.5 Determiners and Bare NPs in IO Creoles -- 13.6 Discussion -- References -- 14 The Nature and Development of the "Quacking Duck" -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Serial Verb Constructions -- 14.3 SVCs in Kreol Seselwa -- 14.4 Conclusion -- References -- 15 Beyond Creole: Reflexive Constructions in Cape Verdean Portuguese -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Defining 'Cape Verdean Portuguese' -- 15.3 Methodology -- 15.4 Results and Data Analysis -- 15.5 Conclusions -- References -- 16 Decreolization: A Special Case of Language Change? -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Bickerton's Definition of Decreolization as a "Special Case" of Language Change -- 16.3 Contact-Induced Morphosyntactic Change in Louisiana Creole -- 16.4 Testing the Bickertonian Decreolization Pathway -- 16.5 Beyond Decreolization -- References -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781009221948
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1009221949
Sprache:
Englisch
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