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First steps towards a typological profile of creoles

First steps towards a typological profile of creoles In the past four decades, several scholars have proposed lists of typical creole features: e.g. Taylor (1971), Bickerton (1981), Markey (1982), McWhorter (1998), Holm and Patrick (2007). However, when these were tested against individual creoles or sets of creoles, the results were, at best, mixed: there are no creoles that adhere to all the features selected by these authors, and worse yet, quite a few of the proposed features are only found in a minority of creoles. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Taylor & Francis

First steps towards a typological profile of creoles

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First steps towards a typological profile of creoles

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In the past four decades, several scholars have proposed lists of typical creole features: e.g. Taylor (1971), Bickerton (1981), Markey (1982), McWhorter (1998), Holm and Patrick (2007). However, when these were tested against individual creoles or sets of creoles, the results were, at best, mixed: there are no creoles that adhere to all the features selected by these authors, and worse yet, quite a few of the proposed features are only found in a minority of creoles.
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2014 The Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen
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1949-0763
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10.1080/03740463.2014.880606
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Abstract

In the past four decades, several scholars have proposed lists of typical creole features: e.g. Taylor (1971), Bickerton (1981), Markey (1982), McWhorter (1998), Holm and Patrick (2007). However, when these were tested against individual creoles or sets of creoles, the results were, at best, mixed: there are no creoles that adhere to all the features selected by these authors, and worse yet, quite a few of the proposed features are only found in a minority of creoles.

Journal

Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International – Taylor & Francis

Published: Nov 1, 2013

Keywords: comparative; cross-creole; phylogenetic networks; typological profile; creoles

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