French Creoles

A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

AvAnand Syea

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar is the first complete reference to present the morphology, grammar and syntax of a representative selection of French Creoles in one volume. The book is organised to promote a thorough understanding of the grammar of French Creoles and presents its complexities in a concise and readable form. An extensive index, cross-referencing and a generous use of headings provides readers with immediate access to the information they require.The varieties included within the volume provide a representative collection of French Creoles from the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, including: Mauritian Creole, Seychelles Creole, Reunion Creole (where relevant), Haitian Creole, Martinique Creole, Guadeloupe Creole, Guyanese French Creole, Karipuna, St. Lucia Creole, Louisiana Creole and Tayo. By providing a comprehensive description of a range of French Creoles in a clear and non-technical manner, this grammar is the ideal reference for all linguists and researchers with an interest in Creole studies and in French, descriptive and historical linguistics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-01-05
Mått:156 x 234 x 35 mm
Vikt:914 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Comprehensive Grammars
Antal sidor:520
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138015647

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Anand Syea is Reader in Linguistics at the University of Westminster, UK.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Creole Languages – an historical overviewWhat is a Creole?How did Creoles develop?Place of Creoles in educationChapter 1 MorphologyAffixes - inflectional and derivationalCompoundingChapter 2 Nouns Common and proper nounsConcrete and abstract nounsCount and non-count nounsChapter 3 ArticlesDefinite articleIndefinite articleZero articleChapter 4 PronounsPersonal pronounsPossessive pronounsDemonstrative pronounsReflexive pronouns Chapter 5 Adjectives and AdverbsPre- and post-nominal adjectivesAugmentative and dimunitive adjectivesAdjective reduplicationOrdering adjectivesAdverbs (temporal, locational, manner, reason) Chapter 6 Numerals and quantifiersTypes of numerals (ordinal, cardinal)Quantifiers Chapter 7 Verbs Types of verbs (transitive, ditransitive, unaccusative, unergative, control, raising, causative verbs) Verbs and their complements (finite and non-finite complements, defective complements, and small clause complements)Serial verb constructionsChapter 8 Tense, Mood, and Aspect markersOrdering of tense, mood, and aspect markersModality (possibility, necessity, permission)Chapter 9 PrepositionsTypes of meaning expressed (e.g. dative, instrumental, location)Chapter 10 SubordinationSubordinating conjunctions Adjunct clausesChapter 11 Questions (types of questions: yes/no questions, wh-questions, multiple wh-questions, wh-in-situ questions, echo-questions)Chapter 12 Relative clauses (restrictive and non-restrictive)Relative pronounsStrategies for forming relative clausesRange of grammatical functions which can be relativizedPied-piping and resumptive pronounsChapter 13 Focus constructionsCleft constructionsTopic constructionsChapter 14 NegationSentence and constituent negationN(egative)-words Relation between N-words and negationChapter 15 Sentence structure and word order Subject-less sentencesVerb-less sentencesObjectless sentencesBibliography