The Emergence of Creole Syllable Structure: A Cross-linguistic Study

Mareile Schramm

Published by De Gruyter 2015

The Emergence of Creole Syllable Structure

A Cross-linguistic Study

Mareile Schramm

Volume 554 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110339567

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Diss. prize Dt. Anglistenverband 2015

This book presents an empirical study of syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in six Caribbean creoles with Dutch, English and French as main lexifier languages. It is shown that, although some structures are more commonly permitted than others, there is considerable cross-creole variation, especially with respect to word-final structures. The findings provide support for recent SLA approaches to the emergence of creole phonology.

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Mareile Schramm, University of Siegen, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations and notational conventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Creole genesis and syllable structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	4
3. Data and Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
4. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the Dutch-based creoles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
5. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the English-based creoles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
6. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the French-based creoles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
7. Syllable structure in the six creoles: Similarities and differences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
8. Explaining creole phonotactic restructuring Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
9. Creole syllable structure: A final assessment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Linguists, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 324
Keywords: Creole Languages; Syllable Structure

eBook

Published: December 12, 2014
ISBN: 9783110339567

Hardcover

Published: November 17, 2014
ISBN: 9783110339314