Dante Lucchesi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Dante Lucchesi is involved.
Articles
1997 Gender Agreement as a "Decreolizing" Feature of an Afro-Brazilian Dialect Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 12:1, pp. 1–57 | Article
This paper examines variation in the noun phrase gender agreement rule in the Afro-Brazilian Portuguese dialect of Helvétia. The analysis of the variation proceeds within a quantitative framework; it considers structural implications, in generative terms, and sociolinguistic aspects, yielding… read more
1993 The Article Systems of Cape Verde and São Tomé Creole Portuguese: General Principles and Specific Factors Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 8:1, pp. 81–108 | Article
In the study of article systems in creole languages, two opposing models of analysis stand out. On the one hand, Bickerton, in line with his bio-program hypothesis, proposes an article system in which there is a clearly marked distinction between the notions of specific and nonspecific reference.… read more