Perspectives on Creole Formation

Autor: Aboh, E.O., DeGraff, M., Mufwene, S.S., Escobar, A.M.

Publikováno v: The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact: Volume 2: Multilingualism in Population Structure, 257-282
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This paper is another argument in favor of a uniformitarian approach to Creole languages, analyzed on a par with non-Creole languages. We take a critical look at competing hypotheses about the formation of Creole languages and any resulting typology.

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https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105965.014

Kwa Serial Verb Constructions and the eventive functional sequence

Autor: Kotowski, R.J.S., Aboh, E.O., Don, J.

Publikováno v: Kotowski, R J S, Aboh, E O & Don, J 2021, ' Kwa Serial Verb Constructions and the eventive functional sequence ', Linguistics in Amsterdam, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 28-57 . < https://www.linguisticsinamsterdam.nl/home?issue=142 >
Linguistics in Amsterdam, 14(2), 28-57. Amsterdam University Press
Linguistics in Amsterdam, 14(2):2, 28-57

The Kwa languages (Niger-Congo) of West Africa are well-known for displaying Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs). The literature on SVCs contains various definitions of the phenomenon and recapitulates the general observation that these constructions ex

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Apparent violations of the final-over-final constraint:The case of Gbe languages

Autor: Aboh, E.O., Bárány, A., Biberauer, T., Douglas, J., Vikner, S.

Publikováno v: Syntactic architecture and its consequences I: Syntax inside the grammar, 277-292
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In a series of recent talks and articles, Theresa Biberauer, Anders Holmberg, Ian Roberts, and Michelle Sheehan argue that the final-over-final condition (FOFC) is an absolute universal regulating structure building. Yet, many languages deviate from

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What if your roots are polyfunctional? The Lexical Entry Problem in Benue-Kwa

Autor: Aboh, E.O., Adesola, O., Akinlabi, A., Orie, O.O.

Publikováno v: Data-Rich Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Yiwola Awoyale, 83-116
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In accounting for the so-called serial verb constructions (SVCs) in Yoruba, Awóyalé (1988) argues that any adequate analysis must focus on the lexical entries of the verbs in order to define the contribution of each verb to the series. This view is

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Population factors, multilingualism and the emergence of grammar

Autor: Aboh, E.O., Cutler, C., Vrzić, Z., Angermeyer, P.

Publikováno v: Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas: In honor of John V. Singler, 23-48
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John Singler’s work on substrate influence in the emergence of Atlantic creoles has shown that population factors (i.e., the ethnic distribution of the African founder population) as well as typological (dis)similarities between the languages in co

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