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Article: Towards a model of language contact and change in the English-lexifier creoles of Africa and the Caribbean
Title | Towards a model of language contact and change in the English-lexifier creoles of Africa and the Caribbean |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Adstrate Africa Areal Caribbean Causative Creole Lexifier Substrate Superstrate Typology |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/eww |
Citation | English World-Wide, 2017, v. 38 n. 1, p. 50-76 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creoles (AECs) exhibit fascinating combinations of disparate typological characteristics. I present a model of post-formative (“post-creolization”) contact and change and provide a comprehensive inventory of contact constellations in Africa and the Caribbean. I conduct a comparative analysis of causative constructions in seven African and Caribbean AECs, argue for the notional separation of the traditional creolist terms “superstrate”, “lexifier”, “substrate” and “adstrate”, and account for the linguistic-structural relevance of these distinctions. The model can explain the typological diversity within and across the AECs, help elucidate the genealogical and areal differentiation of the AECs, and contribute to our understanding of the processes and outcomes of language contact and change in multilingual ecologies. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/228777 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.289 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Yakpo, K | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-23T14:07:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-23T14:07:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | English World-Wide, 2017, v. 38 n. 1, p. 50-76 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0172-8865 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/228777 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creoles (AECs) exhibit fascinating combinations of disparate typological characteristics. I present a model of post-formative (“post-creolization”) contact and change and provide a comprehensive inventory of contact constellations in Africa and the Caribbean. I conduct a comparative analysis of causative constructions in seven African and Caribbean AECs, argue for the notional separation of the traditional creolist terms “superstrate”, “lexifier”, “substrate” and “adstrate”, and account for the linguistic-structural relevance of these distinctions. The model can explain the typological diversity within and across the AECs, help elucidate the genealogical and areal differentiation of the AECs, and contribute to our understanding of the processes and outcomes of language contact and change in multilingual ecologies. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/eww | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | English World-Wide | - |
dc.rights | English World-Wide. Copyright © John Benjamins Publishing Co. | - |
dc.rights | Readers of post-print must contact John Benjamins Publishing for further reprinting or re-use | - |
dc.subject | Adstrate | - |
dc.subject | Africa | - |
dc.subject | Areal | - |
dc.subject | Caribbean | - |
dc.subject | Causative | - |
dc.subject | Creole | - |
dc.subject | Lexifier | - |
dc.subject | Substrate | - |
dc.subject | Superstrate | - |
dc.subject | Typology | - |
dc.title | Towards a model of language contact and change in the English-lexifier creoles of Africa and the Caribbean | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yakpo, K: kofi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yakpo, K=rp01715 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/eww.38.1.04yak | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85021140240 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 260404 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 38 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 50 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 76 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000405123600004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0172-8865 | - |