Towards a Gradualist Model of Creolization

Arends, Jacques

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“…The research on the TMA system in the creoles of Suriname then challenges views that conceptualise creolisation or creole formation as a separate, unitary and abrupt process of language creation (Thomason & Kaufman 1988) and supports those that conceptualise creole formation as a gradual and multilayered process (Arends 1993;Bruyn 1995) involving processes of language change that also operate in other so-called "normal" contact settings (Lefebvre 1998;Thomason & Kaufman 1988;Winford 2003). The present-day TMA system emerged in several stages involving first, "interference through shift"-speakers of African languages reinterpreted strings and elements from L2 English according to L1 models-and retention of superstrate models.…”

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Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology

Lefebvre

2011

Typological Studies in Language

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Publication informationLefebvre, C. (eds. AbstractOver the last 30 years or so, a significant amount of research has been carried out on the genesis and development of creoles. This research has shown that the creators of creoles' first languages made an important contribution to creole grammars, but that their overall role in any specific case was largely dependent on the social circumstances in which the creole emerged. This suggests that substrate influence always interacted with other sources. However, to date, relatively little research has been done on the various ways in which the creators' first languages influenced specific creole features and how this interaction was determined or constrained by other processes and sources. The aim of this paper is to investigate these issues in more detail in the light of ongoing research on the formation and development of the Tense, Mood and Aspect system of the creoles of Suriname.

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Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology

Lefebvre

2011

Typological Studies in Language

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“…The discussion suggests that creolization was a gradual rather than an abrupt process (Arends 1993). However, it was clearly not a homogeneous or linear process but seems to have been multi-layered; different kinds of changes took place at different moments in the history of these Creoles.…”

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“…It then discusses four processes that were involved in the emergence of the creole TMA system: substrate influence, internal change from a substrate calque, superstrate influence, and shift of form and category correlated with innovation. The p aper then concludes that Creole formation is to be considered as a gradual and multi-layered process (Arends 1993, Bruyn 1995, involving processes of language change that also operate in other so-called 'normal' contact settings (Thomason & Kaufman 1988). …”

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13. Between contact and internal development: Towards a multi-layered explanation for the development of the TMA system in the creoles of Suriname

Migge¹,

Goury²

2008

Creole Language Library

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This paper proposes a new analysis of the formation of the TMA system of the Surinamese Maroon Creoles based on a wide range of both contemporary and historical sources . The paper first provides a brief synopsis of the socio-historical context in which the Creoles of Suriname emerged and developed, and a broad overview of the TMA systems of those Creoles and of varieties of Gbe. It then discusses four processes that were involved in the emergence of the creole TMA system: substrate influence, internal change from a substrate calque, superstrate influence, and shift of form and category correlated with innovation. The p aper then concludes that Creole formation is to be considered as a gradual and multi-layered process (Arends 1993, Bruyn 1995, involving processes of language change that also operate in other so-called 'normal' contact settings (Thomason & Kaufman 1988).

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“…superstrate influence and 4. leveling. The discussion suggests that creolization was a gradual rather than an abrupt process (Arends 1993). However, it was clearly not a homogeneous or linear process but seems to have been multi-layered; different kinds of changes took place at different moments in the history of these Creoles.…”

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Roots of Creole Structures

Michaelis

2008

Creole Language Library

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This book reflects an ongoing shift in the study of contact languages: After a period of history-free universalism, it directs the attention to the individual historical circumstances under which the pidgin and creole languages arose. The contributions deal with different areas of language structure including phonology, morphology, and syntax, providing a wealth of structural and sociohistorical data that any comprehensive theory of contact languages will have to account for. Each of the papers provides a thorough description of a structural phenomenon against the background of the sociohistorical contact situation. The languages covered in the book are: Guiné-Bissau Creole, Haitian Creole, Hawai‘i Creole, Indo-Portuguese creoles, Jamaican Creole, Lingua Franca, North American French, Mauritian Creole, Santomense, Saramaccan, Seychelles Creole, Sranan, Surinamese Maroon creoles, Vincentian Creole, and Zamboangueño Chavacano.

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Towards a Gradualist Model of Creolization

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Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology

13. Between contact and internal development: Towards a multi-layered explanation for the development of the TMA system in the creoles of Suriname

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