Pieter Muysken
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pieter Muysken is involved.
Book series
ISSN 2542-7059
Heritage Languages: A language contact approach
Suzanne Aalberse, Ad Backus and Pieter Muysken
Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in Los Angeles, are non-dominant languages, often with little prestige. Their speakers also speak the dominant language of the country they live in. Often heritage languages undergo changes due to their special… read more[Studies in Bilingualism, 58] 2019. xix, 302 pp.
Subordination in Native South American Languages
Edited by Rik van Gijn, Katharina Haude and Pieter Muysken
In terms of its linguistic and cultural make-up, the continent of South America provides linguists and anthropologists with a complex puzzle of language diversity. The continent teems with small language families and isolates, and even languages spoken in adjacent areas can be typologically vastly… read more[Typological Studies in Language, 97] 2011. viii, 315 pp.
From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics
Edited by Pieter Muysken
From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics. Some concern well-established linguistic areas such as the Balkan, other regions such as East Nusantara (Indonesia) and the… read more[Studies in Language Companion Series, 90] 2008. vii, 293 pp.
Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction
Edited by Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith
This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion… read more[Creole Language Library, 15] 1994. xv, 409 pp.
Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985
Edited by Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith
Two of the most prominent hypotheses about why the structures of the Creole languages of the Atlantic and the Pacific differ are the universalist and he substrate hypotheses. The universalist hypothesis claims, essentially, that the particular grammatical properties of Creole languages directly… read more[Creole Language Library, 1] 1986. vii, 311 pp.
2022 Creole linguistics Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 408–425 | Chapter
2021 Substrate influence in Northern Quechua languages Variation Rolls the Dice: A worldwide collage in honour of Salikoko S. Mufwene, Aboh, Enoch O. and Cécile B. Vigouroux (eds.), pp. 133–160 | Chapter
Quechua language varieties spread northward into parts of Ecuador, Colombia, and Northern Peru, and were adopted as a native language by speakers of earlier Pacific, Highland, and Amazonian languages in a process of language shift. This process started in the fifteenth century with the Inca… read more
2019 Description, linguistics 1.0. Theory, linguistics 3.0? Linguistics in the Netherlands 2019, Berns, Janine and Elena Tribushinina (eds.), pp. 37–42 | Article
2017 Chapter 13. The global and the local: Making comparisons possible Multidisciplinary Approaches to Bilingualism in the Hispanic and Lusophone World, Bellamy, Kate, Michael W. Child, Paz González, Antje Muntendam and M. Carmen Parafita Couto (eds.), pp. 313–323 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 12. Verb particle combinations and word order change in Dutch-lexifier creole languages Word Order Change in Acquisition and Language Contact: Essays in honour of Ans van Kemenade, Los, Bettelou and Pieter de Haan (eds.), pp. 265–290 | Chapter
This paper discusses the development and structural properties of verb + particle combinations in various creole languages for which Dutch was the main lexifier: Afrikaans, Berbice Dutch Creole, and Virgin Islands Dutch Creole (Negerhollands). In addition, it examines creole languages which have… read more
2014 Language change in a multiple contact setting: The case of Sarnami (Suriname) Pidgins and Creoles beyond Africa-Europe Encounters, Buchstaller, Isabelle, Anders Holmberg and Mohammad Almoaily (eds.), pp. 101–140 | Article
The South American nation of Suriname features a situation of multiple language contact in which speakers use various languages in changing constellations, and often simultaneously. Sarnami (Surinamese Hindustani) shows traces of koineization of various Indian languages, and the effects of… read more
2013 Language contact in heritage languages
in the Netherlands Linguistic Superdiversity in Urban Areas: Research approaches, Duarte, Joana and Ingrid Gogolin (eds.), pp. 253–274 | Article
This paper discusses heritage languages (HLs) in the Netherlands. First, different types of motivations for the study of heritage languages in general are presented, since the type of motivation for the interest in heritage speakers has a large impact on the type of phenomenon researched. Formal,… read more
2013 Ethnolect studies in the German and the Netherlandic area: An overview Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education, Siemund, Peter, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz and Julia Davydova (eds.), pp. 177–206 | Article
This paper compares the research on ethnolects in two regions of Europe, the German (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) and Netherlandic (Flanders and the Netherlands) speaking areas. We compare the research on this topic with the social constellations (immigration) and political debate (public… read more
2012 Introduction Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten, Wouden, Ton van der (ed.), pp. 1–6 | Article
2011 A Tribute to Norval Smith Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, pp. 235–246 | Article
2011 Subordination in South America: An overview Subordination in Native South American Languages, Gijn, Rik van, Katharina Haude and Pieter Muysken (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article
2011 Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua Subordination in Native South American Languages, Gijn, Rik van, Katharina Haude and Pieter Muysken (eds.), pp. 251–266 | Article
In this paper an attempt is made to analyze some of the strategies used in Ecuadorian Quechua to form relative clauses. The focus in the paper lies on the interaction between tense specification and specification of grammatical relations within the nominalized relative clause in several varieties… read more
2010 The demise and attempted revival of Uchumataqu (Uru): Values and actors New Perspectives on Endangered Languages: Bridging gaps between sociolinguistics, documentation and language revitalization, Flores Farfán, José Antonio and Fernando F. Ramallo (eds.), pp. 93–118 | Article
In this paper I analyze in detail the processes that have led to the virtual disappearance of Uchumataqu, an Uru language of the Bolivian altiplano. Five possible causes of the decay of the language are explored: (a) urban migration; (b) socio-economic restructuring and ethnic reorientation; (c)… read more
2010 Ethnolects as a multidimensional phenomenon Language Contact: New perspectives, Norde, Muriel, Bob de Jonge and Cornelius Hasselblatt (eds.), pp. 7–26 | Article
This paper contrasts two different views of the phenomenon of ethnolect, ethnic varieties of a language: the shift perspective and the multidimensional perspective. In the shift perspective, the focus is on the approximation in the speech of ethnic groups to the dominant national target language,… read more
2009 Gradual restructuring in Ecuadorian Quechua Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends, Selbach, Rachel, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg (eds.), pp. 77–100 | Article
The notion of gradual restructuring, pioneered by Jacques Arends, offers a way to arrive at a perspective on language genesis responsive to language typology and language history. I would like to contribute to this approach by looking at restructured Ecuadorian varieties of Quechua. The type of… read more
2008 1. Introduction: Conceptual and methodological issues in areal linguistics From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics, Muysken, Pieter (ed.), pp. 1–23 | Article
2006 Een Model Voor Taalcontact Thema's en trends in de sociolinguistiek 5, pp. 13–19 | Article
In a number of domains of language contact studies important progress has been made, including Creole studies, code switching and code mixing, second language acquisition, linguistic borrowing, and language areas. Less attention has been paid to the conceptual links between these fields. These… read more
2006 Review of Winford (2003): An introduction to contact linguistics Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 21:1, pp. 194–197 | Review
2006 Creole linguistics Handbook of Pragmatics: 2006 Installment, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article
2005 Inclusive-exclusive distinctions in the languages of central-western South America Clusivity: Typology and case studies of the inclusive–exclusive distinction, Filimonova, Elena (ed.), pp. 313–339 | Chapter
2005 A modular approach to sociolinguistic variation in syntax: The gerund in Ecuadorian Spanish Syntax and Variation: Reconciling the Biological and the Social, Cornips, Leonie and Karen P. Corrigan (eds.), pp. 31–53 | Article
2001 The Creole Languages of the Caribbean A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Volume 2: English- and Dutch-speaking regions, Arnold, A. James (ed.), pp. 399–414 | Article
2001 6. The origin of creole languages: The perspective of second language learning Creolization and Contact, Smith, Norval and Tonjes Veenstra (eds.), pp. 157–174 | Article
1997 Media Lengua Contact Languages: A wider perspective, Thomason, Sarah G. (ed.), pp. 365–426 | Article
1997 Code-switching processes: Alternation, insertion, congruent lexicalization Language Choices: Conditions, constraints, and consequences, Pütz, Martin (ed.), pp. 361–380 | Article
1997 Callahuaya Contact Languages: A wider perspective, Thomason, Sarah G. (ed.), pp. 427–447 | Article
1996 Eighteenth-Century Negerhollands reflexives Revisited The Early Stages of Creolization, Arends, Jacques (ed.), pp. 25–42 | Article
1995 Creole linguistics Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 198–204 | Article
1995 Studying Variation in Older Texts: Negerhollands Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 10:2, pp. 335–347 | Miscellaneous
1995 Wanted: A Debate in Pidgin/Creole Phonology Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 10:1, pp. 157–169 | Miscellaneous
1994 25. Conclusions Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 319–330 | Chapter
1994 4. Mixed languages and language intertwining Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 41–52 | Chapter
1994 8. Theories focusing on the European input Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 87–98 | Chapter
1994 17. Papiamento Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 205–218 | Chapter
1994 The First Seven Years, Fat or Lean? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:1, pp. 103–107 | Miscellaneous
1994 Saramaccan and Haitian: A Comparison Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 9:2, pp. 305–314 | Miscellaneous
1994 1. The study of pidgin and creole languages Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 3–14 | Chapter
1994 22. Reflexives Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 271–288 | Chapter
1994 23. Serial verbs Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 289–301 | Chapter
1994 13. Haitian Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 153–164 | Chapter
1994 11. Universalist approaches Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction, Arends, Jacques, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 121–134 | Chapter
1993 Reflexives of Ibero-Romance Reflexive Clitic + Verb Combinations in Papiamentu: Thematic Grids and Grammatical Relations Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages: Papers from the University of Chicago Conference on Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages, Byrne, Francis and Donald Winford (eds.), pp. 285–302 | Article
1992 De Sociolinguïstische Geschiedenis Van Het Negerhollands: Een Eerste Overzicht Thema's en trends in de sociolinguistiek, pp. 67–80 | Article
In this paper we describe a number of features of the history of Negerhollands (Creole Dutch), spoken on the Danish Antilles, later U.S. Virgin Islands, between around 1700 and 1900 (the last remaining speaker died recently). Special attention is paid to early history and demography, linguistic… read more
1991 The Binding Theory and Creolization: Evidence from 18th Century Negerhollands Reflexives Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton, Byrne, Francis and Thom Huebner (eds.), pp. 145–158 | Article
1987 Review of Washabaugh (1986): Five fingers for survival Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 2:2, pp. 256–259 | Review
1987 Loreto Todd. 1984. Modern Englishes. Pidgins and Creoles Studies in Language 11:1, pp. 276–277 | Miscellaneous
1986 Introduction: Problems in the Identification of Substratum Features. Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985, Muysken, Pieter and Norval Smith (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
1984 Attitudes and experiences of discrimination: the Netherlandic of Moroccan foreign workers Sociolinguistics in the Low Countries, Deprez, Kas (ed.), pp. 333–356 | Article
1979 Taalattitude, Taalvaardigheid, en Sociale Omstandigheden Van Marokkaanse Arbeiders in Nederland: Een Verkennend Onderzoek Taalpolitieke kwesties in Nederland: 24 maart 1979 in Eindhoven, pp. 38–62 | Article
The present pilot-study was undertaken under the assumption that the acquisition of Dutch by migrant workers is governed by a complex set of social and individual factors including: - degree and kind of contact with Dutch people; - internalized norms governing the level of Dutch that migrants of… read more
1978 Nederlands Tegen Buitenlanders: Werkgroep Taal Buitenlandse Werknemers Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 4, pp. 76–87 | Article
ABSTRACT This research project dealt with the characteristics of Dutch Foreigner Talk (FT), that is, the way in which Dutch people talk to foreigners who speak little or no Dutch. The research was carried out in four parts: 1. an investigation of the way in which FT appears in popular literature; 2. read more