Michele M. Stewart
List of John Benjamins publications in which Michele M. Stewart is involved.
Articles
2011 The expression of number in Jamaican Creole Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:2, pp. 363–385 | Article
In this paper I argue that there is no true number morphology in Jamaican Creole (JC). Instead, I show that dem, traditionally taken to be a plural marker, is more properly analyzed as a marker of inclusiveness, a defining characteristic of definiteness. These are expected outcomes of JC being in… read more
2009 Review of Lefebvre, White & Jourdan (2006): L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis. Dialogues Studies in Language 33:1, pp. 223–232 | Review
2007 13. Aspects of the syntax and semantics of bare nouns in Jamaican Creole Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: A multi-faceted approach, Baptista, Marlyse and Jacqueline Guéron (eds.), pp. 383–399 | Chapter
In this paper I argue that there is no plural marking in Jamaican Creole (JC), since post-nominal dem, traditionally analyzed as a marker of plurality, is instead best considered to be what I call an Inclusiveness marker. As a consequence of the lack of plural marking, all the interpretations of… read more