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To be specified published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 32:2 (2017) ► pp.398–415

Guest Column

Competing I-grammars in creole genesis

A synchronic and diachronic view

 | University of Michigan |
Published online: 4 December 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.32.2.07bap
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The traditional creole continuum
    • 2.1A variety of perspectives on the continuum
    • 2.2The creole continuum and its limitations: Lack of descriptive and explanatory adequacy
  • 3.Variation and competing I-grammars
    • 3.1I-language vs. E-language and I-language vs. multiple I-languages
  • 4.Variation in the auxiliary domain of Cape Verdean Creole
    • 4.1Defining the variable and its variants
    • 4.2The Cape Verdean variable and its variants
  • 5.Competing I-languages in diachrony
  • 6.On the nature and development of I-grammars
    • 6.1Revisiting the original puzzle
    • 6.2Tying a loose end: accounting for competing co-existing forms
  • 7.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • Notes
  • References
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