Andrei A. Avram
List of John Benjamins publications in which Andrei A. Avram is involved.
2018 On the relationship between Arabic Foreigner Talk and Pidgin Arabic Arabic in Contact, Manfredi, Stefano and Mauro Tosco (eds.), pp. 251–274 | Chapter
The paper compares morphosyntactic and lexical features of the Arabic Foreigner Talk register to those of four Arabic-lexifier pidgins, Pidgin Madame, Jordanian Pidgin Arabic, Romanian Pidgin Arabic, and Gulf Pidgin Arabic. The comparative overview identifies a relatively significant number of… read more
2016 Diagnostic features of English-lexifier Creoles: Evidence from Antiguan English World-Wide 37:2, pp. 168–196 | Article
This paper analyzes the attestations in Antiguan of the diagnostic features of English-lexifier contact languages, as proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). It compares the distribution of these features in Antiguan and the seven Atlantic English-lexifier Pidgins and Creoles considered by Baker and… read more
2016 Review of Baker & Pederson (2013): Talk of St Kitts and Nevis Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 31:2, pp. 440–444 | Review
2015 The distribution of diagnostic features in English-lexified contact languages: Vincentian Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Prescod, Paula (ed.), pp. 113–140 | Article
Drawing on both historical and contemporary data, this paper presents the attestations in Vincentian of the diagnostic features of English-lexified contact languages proposed by Baker & Huber (2001). This is followed by a comparison of the distribution of these features in Vincentian and in the… read more
2012 Can speech pitch perception be measured language-independently? Linguistics in the Netherlands 2012, Elenbaas, Marion and Suzanne Aalberse (eds.), pp. 55–67 | Article
Recently, a test battery was developed with the goal of assessing perception of F0 in linguistic, but language-independent, contexts by listeners from different language backgrounds. Test validation using Dutch, Italian and Romanian listeners generally showed comparable performance. In this study… read more
2004 Atlantic, Pacific or world-wide? Issues in assessing the status of creole features English World-Wide 25:1, pp. 81–108 | Article
This paper addresses the issue of the distribution in English-based pidgins and creoles of a number of selected diagnostic features. A large corpus of 17 Atlantic and eight Pacific varieties is surveyed in search of attestations. Examples are listed to illustrate the occurrence of features in the… read more