The evolution, acquisition, and development of syntax : insights from Creole languages and beyond /
"Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this book explores three interconnected aspects of syntax - its origins and evolution, its acquisition by children, and its role in languages' ongoing development and change. These three distinct areas were linked through Bickerton&...
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2025.
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Table of Contents:
- From the protolanguage spectrum to the underlying bases of language / Michael A. Arbib
- From protolanguage to deuterolanguage: The importance of compounds / Andrew Carstairs- McCarthy
- The SOV mystery and language evolution / Thomas Givón
- Broken windows: Creoles, Pidgins, and language evolution / Paul T. Roberge
- Roots of syntax: Anaphora and negation in Creoles / William O' Grady
- Acquisition of negation in Jamaican / Tamarind Nnena de Lisser and Stephanie Durrleman
- Missing subjects in Creole acquisition: Insights from Jamaican and Morisyen / Tamirand Nnena de Lisser and Stephanie Durrleman
- Home signs as a window on language creation / Dany Adone
- Young children creating grammars: Are twins' languages like Pidgins or Creoles? / Peter Bakker
- A matter of degree: All languages are mixed / Marlyse Baptista and Olivia Sedlacek
- Negative Concord in Creole languages: Commonality and variation in the perspective of Bickerton's legacy / Viviane Déprez
- Contrasting the NPs of Indian Ocean French Creoles / George Daniel Véronique
- The nature and development of the "Quacking duck" / Astrid Gabel
- Beyond Creole: Reflexive constructions in Cape Verdean Portugese / Nélia Alexandre and Dominika Swolkien
- Decreolization: A special case of language change? / Oliver Mayeux.