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Conference Paper: Locative constructions and the genealogical differentiation of the Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creoles
| Title | Locative constructions and the genealogical differentiation of the Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creoles |
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| Issue Date | 2015 |
| Citation | The 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL-22), Naples, Italy, 27-31 July 2015. How to Cite? |
| Abstract | This talk aims to provide a typologically informed comparative analysis of locative constructions in the African and the Caribbean branches of the Afro-Caribbean Englishlexifier Creoles (henceforth AECs). The analysis is based on primary data collected in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea), and the Caribbean (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname). A second objective is to account for the genealogical differentiation of this young linguistic family that arose in the 17th century (cf. e.g. Hancock 1987; Smith 2015) by focusing on a specific functional domain: There are marked typological differences in the way spatial relations are expressed between (a) the attested African substrates and adstrates of the AECs (chiefly languages of the Volta-Congo linguistic phylum of Africa), and (b) the AECs’ lexifier language English. The following points summarize the distinctive characteristics … |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/214952 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Yakpo, K | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-21T12:13:30Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-21T12:13:30Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 22nd International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL-22), Naples, Italy, 27-31 July 2015. | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/214952 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | This talk aims to provide a typologically informed comparative analysis of locative constructions in the African and the Caribbean branches of the Afro-Caribbean Englishlexifier Creoles (henceforth AECs). The analysis is based on primary data collected in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea), and the Caribbean (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname). A second objective is to account for the genealogical differentiation of this young linguistic family that arose in the 17th century (cf. e.g. Hancock 1987; Smith 2015) by focusing on a specific functional domain: There are marked typological differences in the way spatial relations are expressed between (a) the attested African substrates and adstrates of the AECs (chiefly languages of the Volta-Congo linguistic phylum of Africa), and (b) the AECs’ lexifier language English. The following points summarize the distinctive characteristics … | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Conference on Historical Linguistics, ICHL-22 | - |
| dc.title | Locative constructions and the genealogical differentiation of the Afro-Caribbean English-lexifier Creoles | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Yakpo, K: kofi@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Yakpo, K=rp01715 | - |
| dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 249165 | - |