Gradual Creolization

Studies celebrating Jacques Arends

Editors

Rachel Selbach

| University of Amsterdam

Hugo C. Cardoso

| University of Amsterdam

Margot van den Berg

| Radboud University Nijmegen

Hardbound – Available

ISBN 9789027252562 | EUR 105.00 | USD 158.00

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Is creolization an abrupt or a gradual process? In this volume leading scholars provide both comparative and case studies that outline their working definitions and their views on the particular or average time depth, or key processes necessary for contact language formation, providing a state-of-the art assessment of the theory of gradual creolization. Authors scrutinize the roles of nativization, demography, initial settlement, language composition, koineization, adstrate presence, bilingualism, as well as a variety of structural features in pidgins, creoles and other contact languages world-wide. From Pacific to Atlantic, French-, English-, Dutch-, Portuguese- and other-lexified restructured varieties are covered. Syntactic, lexical, phonological, historical and socio-cultural studies are grouped into Part 1, Linguistic analysis, and Part 2, Social reconstruction. This volume provides the multi-faceted groundwork and expert discussion that will help formulate further a model of gradual creolization, as called for by the work of the late Jacques Arends.

[Creole Language Library, 34] 2009. x, 392 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.34

Table of Contents

Maps	ix–x
Introductory words
One more cup of coffee: On Gradual Creolization Margot van den Berg and Rachel Selbach	3–12
Jacques Arends' model of gradual creolization Hugo C. Cardoso	13–23
Part 1. Linguistic analysis
Productive bimorphemic structures and the concept of gradual creolization Philip Baker	27–53
Gradual vs. abrupt creolization and recent changes in Daman Creole Portuguese J. Clancy Clements	55–75
Gradual restructuring in Ecuadorian Quechua Pieter Muysken	77–100
A note on the process of lexical diffusion in the development of creoles: The case of double-object verbs Claire Lefebvre	101–112
Change in the possessive system of French Caribbean Creole languages Marie-Christine Hazael-Massieux	113–128
The origin and development of possibility in the creoles of Suriname Bettina Migge and Donald Winford	129–153
The Saramaccan lexicon: Verbs Peter Bakker	155–172
Development of a creole lexicon George L. Huttar	173–188
Gradualism in the transfer of tone spread rules in Saramaccan Marvin Kramer	189–217
In search of a submerged phonology: The case of early Cape Dutch Pidgin Hans den Besten	219–241
Part 2. Sociohistorical reconstruction
Bilingualism and creolization in Solomon Islands Christine Jourdan	245–256
Lingua Franca in West Africa? An evaluation of the sociohistorical and metalinguistic evidence Magnus Huber	257–278
The formation of the Portuguese-based Creoles: Gradual or abrupt? John Ladhams	279–303
English-speaking in early Surinam? Norval Smith	305–326
The demographic context of creolization in early English Jamaica, 1655-1700 Silvia Kouwenberg	327–348
The founder principle and Anguilla's homestead society Don E. Walicek	349–372
Demographic factors in the formation of French Guianese Creole William Jennings	373–387
Index	389–392

“Linguists and scholars engaged with Pidgin and Creole genesis and language contact phenomena will find that this anthology offers a stimulating and comprehensive treatment of the key issues of these areas. Gradual Creolization celebrates Jacques Arends' substantial impact on the field and provides expert discussion that will help formulate further conclusions regarding the time-line of Creole formation within a historically realistic framework.”

Aida Vergne, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, in Sargosso 10(1): 128-133, 2009

“The volume is cohesive in demonstrating the importance of meticulous sociohistorical research in describing and theorizing about the origins of language contact varieties. It is both a valuable contribution to the field of contact linguistics and a fitting tribute to the work of Jacques Arends.”

Jeff Siegel, University of New England, in Studies in Language Vol. 35:1, 2011

“Overall, the present volume is an important addition to the creolistic literature.I like to think that if, from the other side, Jacques Arends could see this testament to a vibrant field, there would be a Bob Dylan verse to convey his reaction:
But my heart is not weary.
It’s light and it’s free.
I’ve got nothing but affection
For all those who’ve sailed with me. [“Mississippi,” from the album Love and Theft (2001)].”

Paul T. Roberge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Stellenbosch University, in Diachronica Vol. 29:3 (2012), pag. 359-376

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Subjects

Linguistics

Creole studies

Historical linguistics

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Theoretical linguistics

Contact Linguistics

BIC Subject: CFF – Historical & comparative linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2008049476 | Marc record