LINGUIST List 15.466

Wed Feb 4 2004

Books: Syntax: Velupillai

Editor for this issue: Neil Salmond <neillinguistlist.org>

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1. palgravemacmillan, Hawai`i Creole English: Velupillai

Title: Hawai`i Creole English

Subtitle: A Typological Analysis of the Tense-Mood-Aspect System
 
Publication Year: 2003 
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com 
 
Book URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=0-333-99340-3

Author: Viveka Velupillai, formerly of the Max Planck Institute for
	Evolutionary Anthropology in Stuttgart

Hardback: ISBN: 0333993403, Pages: 232, Price: �45/$69.95

 
Abstract:

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.

Contents
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


Lingfield(s):	Sociolinguistics
		Syntax 

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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