History, Society and Variation
In honor of Albert Valdman
Editors
This volume presents a collection of new articles by sixteen specialists in the field of pidgin and creole studies, assembled in honor of the world-renowned creolist, Albert Valdman. The articles, written from a variety of theoretical perspectives, are organized thematically in three sections: on the history of specific pidgins or creoles (including Louisiana Creole and Haitian Creole); on the sociohistorical settings that gave rise to these contact languages and issues affecting their future development; and on issues of linguistic variation and change. In keeping with Valdman’s own primary interests, the French-based creoles receive the most attention, including both those of the Atlantic zone and those of the Indian Ocean, but the volume also presents significant scholarship on English- and Portuguese-based varieties.
[Creole Language Library, 28] 2006. vi, 304 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionJ. Clancy Clements, Thomas A. Klingler, Deborah Piston-Hatlen and Kevin J. Rottet | pp. 1–8
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SECTION ONE: HISTORY
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Louisiana Creole at the peripheryThomas A. Klingler and Nathalie Dajko | pp. 11–28
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Using and interpreting historical texts to analyze the formation and development of creole languagesMarie-Christine Hazael-Massieux | pp. 29–45
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Lexical aspects of French and Creole in Saint-Domingue at the end of the eighteenth centuryPierre Rézeau | pp. 47–75
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The lexicalization — grammaticalization continuumJ. Clancy Clements | pp. 77–101
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Creole transplantation: A source of solutions to resistant anomaliesJohn H. McWhorter | pp. 103–133
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SECTION TWO: SOCIETY
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Creoles, capitalism, and colonialismDerek Bickerton | pp. 137–152
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A curiosity of Mauritian Creole: Numerical slangRobert Chaudenson | pp. 153–161
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Theoretical and practical conditions for the emergence of a koine among French-lexified creole languagesJean Bernabé | pp. 163–177
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French in Haiti: Contacts and conflicts between linguistic representationsCorinne Etienne | pp. 179–200
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SECTION THREE: VARIATION
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Albert Valdman on the development of creolesSalikoko S. Mufwene | pp. 203–223
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Diatopic variation in Haitian CreoleAnnegret Bollée and Pamela Nembach | pp. 225–233
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Interrogative pronouns in Louisiana Creole and the Multiple Genesis HypothesisKevin J. Rottet | pp. 235–249
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Gender in French creoles: The story of a loserIngrid Neumann-Holzschuh | pp. 251–272
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Tense, mood, and aspect and the Deixis Ordering PrincipleAnand Syea | pp. 273–296
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Index | pp. 297–304
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General