On the Copula in Mauritian Creole, Past and Present

Baker, Philip; Syea, Anand

doi:10.1075/cll.9.18bak

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“…In Morrisyen there is no correlation with the temporal-aspectual interpretation of the sentence, nor does the alternation correlate with different word-order patterns, as previously discussed. The broad generalization that emerges from the studies of Baker and Syea (1991), Corne (1981), Seuren (1990), and Syea (1992) on the long-short opposition in Morrisyen is that verb syncopation applies whenever the verb in question is followed by some material of its own VP. The form of the verb does not, however, depend on whether the verb is followed by any phonological material in the VP (which might be indicative of a prosodic effect) but rather is sensitive to the selectional properties of the verb.…”

Section: Pattern 2: Morrisyenmentioning

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THE SURVIVAL OF INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN FRENCH-RELATED CREOLES

Becker

Veenstra

2003

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In traditional classifications of languages by inflectional subsystems, both creole languages and the results of untutored SLA (interlanguages) are classified as isolating. We focus on remnants of verbal inflectional morphology in French-related creoles and ask: (a) Can the properties of verbal morphology be attributed to SLA, and (b) what does this imply for creole genesis? We show how acquisition of inflectional morphology occurs in learner varieties of French from a basic variety perspective. We discuss reflexes of French inflectional morphology that survived the creolization process, resulting in a long–short opposition of verb forms: Across creoles, different grammatical properties are marked by this opposition. Finally, we consider the implications for creole genesis theories and propose a three-generational scenario of creolization with multiple agents.

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Section: Pattern 2: Morrisyenmentioning

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THE SURVIVAL OF INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN FRENCH-RELATED CREOLES

Becker

Veenstra

2003

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“…In Henri and Abeillé (2007), we argue that the copula ete is peculiar and has no null counterpart (whether as an empty element as has usually been suggested Baker and Syea (1991); Syea (1997) or as a phonologically empty element Bender (2001)). Recall that the copula in MC appears in extraction contexts.…”

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Verb form alternations in Mauritian

Henri¹,

Abeillé

2008

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“…2 See Baker & Syea (1991) for more details 3 The data are taken from Baker & Syea 1991. See also Corne 1980Corne , 1982 such as se, from French c'est, can be analyzed as a copula as has been proposed for Haitian Creole (Déprez 2000) or as a proform, i.e.…”

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The syntax of copular constructions in Mauritian

Henri

Abeillé

2007

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This paper examines the syntactic behavior of the Mauritian copula in predicative and extracted sentences. As it is the case in many languages, the Mauritian copula ete is absent in certain constructions: It only appears in extraction contexts. Our aim is to show that the postulation of a null copula, which has been proposed in various analyses, is inadequate for the Mauritian data. The phenomenon, as it is argued, rather lends itself to a strictly construction-based analysis within the framework of HPSG and is based on the distribution of weak pronouns and TAM markers.

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On the Copula in Mauritian Creole, Past and Present

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THE SURVIVAL OF INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN FRENCH-RELATED CREOLES

THE SURVIVAL OF INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN FRENCH-RELATED CREOLES

Verb form alternations in Mauritian

The syntax of copular constructions in Mauritian

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