| Description |
1 online resource (x, 327 pages) |
| Series |
Contact language library (CoLL), 2542-7059 ; Volume 55 |
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Contact language library ; v. 55.
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| Contents |
Negation and negative concord: the view from Creoles / Viviane Déprez and Fabiola Henri -- I. French related Creoles: Sentential negation and negative words in Guadeloupean Creole / Simon Petitjean and Emmanuel Schang -- What is negative? Negative Concord Items, constituent, sentential and expletive negation in Haitian Creole / Viviane Déprez -- A lexicalist account of negation and negative concord in Mauritian / Fabiola Henri -- II. English related Creoles: Negation in Pichi (Equatorial Guinea): The case for areal convergence / Kofi Yakpo -- Licensing negation and negative concord in Atlantic creoles: The case of Vincentian / Paula Prescod -- Negation in Singapore English / Luwen Cao and Zhiming Bao -- III. Portuguese related Creoles: Negation in Cape Verdean Creole: A parametric account / Marlyse Baptista and Emanuel Correia de Pina -- Elements of denial in Capeverdean: The negator ka and the properties of n-words / Fernanda Pratas -- Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese / J. Clancy Clements / Negation and negative concord in Guinea-Bissau Kriyol (in comparison with Portuguese, substrate-adstrate languages and other Portuguese Creoles) / Alain Kihm -- IV. Other lexifier: Negation in Palenquero: Syntax, pragmatics, and change in progress / Armin Schwegler -- Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages / Peter Slomanson -- Conclusions / Viviane Déprez and Fabiola Henri |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019) |
| Subject |
Creole dialects -- Negatives
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Negatives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Déprez, Viviane M., editor
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Henri, Fabiola, editor
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| LC no. |
2018051802 |
| ISBN |
9789027263155 |
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9027263159 |
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