Negation and negative concord the view from Creoles / edited by Viviane Déprez, Fabiola Henri.

Other author Déprez, Viviane M.
Other author Henri, Fabiola.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAmsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018.
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SeriesContact language library, 2542-7059 ; Volume 55
Contents Negation and negative concord: the view from Creoles / Viviane Déprez and Fabiola Henri -- I. French related Creoles: Sentential negation and negative words in Guadeloupean Creole / Simon Petitjean and Emmanuel Schang -- What is negative? Negative Concord Items, constituent, sentential and expletive negation in Haitian Creole / Viviane Déprez -- A lexicalist account of negation and negative concord in Mauritian / Fabiola Henri -- II. English related Creoles: Negation in Pichi (Equatorial Guinea): The case for areal convergence / Kofi Yakpo -- Licensing negation and negative concord in Atlantic creoles: The case of Vincentian / Paula Prescod -- Negation in Singapore English / Luwen Cao and Zhiming Bao -- III. Portuguese related Creoles: Negation in Cape Verdean Creole: A parametric account / Marlyse Baptista and Emanuel Correia de Pina -- Elements of denial in Capeverdean: The negator ka and the properties of n-words / Fernanda Pratas -- Negation in Korlai Indo-Portuguese / J. Clancy Clements / Negation and negative concord in Guinea-Bissau Kriyol (in comparison with Portuguese, substrate-adstrate languages and other Portuguese Creoles) / Alain Kihm -- IV. Other lexifier: Negation in Palenquero: Syntax, pragmatics, and change in progress / Armin Schwegler -- Cross-linguistic negation contrasts in co-convergent contact languages / Peter Slomanson -- Conclusions / Viviane Déprez and Fabiola Henri.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Negation and negative concord Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018 9789027201928
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