Hawai'i Creole English

A Typological Analysis of the Tense-Mood-Aspect System
2003. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-333-99340-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Are there common specific patterns in the Tense-Mood-Aspect systems of Creoles? Do Creoles constitute a structural type of language? This in-depth synchronic description of the Tense-Mood-Aspect system of contemporary Hawai'i Creole English, is a language-internal analysis based on extensive first-hand data, both written and spoken. The language variety has been used as a basis for major linguistic hypotheses - a strength of this book is the use of a language-independent typological framework, placing the system in a cross-linguistic perspective.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Velupillai, V.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Studying Hawai`i Creole English The Framework of This Study Tense Categories in Hawai`i Creole English Aspectual Categories in Hawai`i Creole English Modality in Hawai`i Creole English The Basic TMA System in Hawai`i Creole English Appendix 1: Texts Appendix 2: Verbs Occurring with wen: Types and Tokens Bibliography General Index Example Index Informant Index

Über Autor(innen)

VIVEKA VELUPILLAI, formerly of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Stuttgart, specializes in the interaction of historical linguistics, linguistic typology, and contact linguistics. She is presently a contributor to the Annotated Bibliography for English Studies (ABES) chapter on World Englishes.