The Syntax and Semantics of a Determiner System: A case study of Mauritian creole
Author:   Diana Guillemin (Griffith University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   38
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9789027252609


Pages:   310
Publication Date:   16 November 2011
Format:   Hardback
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The Syntax and Semantics of a Determiner System: A case study of Mauritian creole


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Documents the development of the Mauritian Creole (MC) determiner system from the mid 18th century to present. This title proposes that the loss of the French quantificational determiners, which agglutinated to nouns, resulted in the occurrence of bare nouns in argument positions.

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Author:   Diana Guillemin (Griffith University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   38
Weight:   0.745kg
ISBN:  

9789027252609


ISBN 10:   9027252602
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   16 November 2011
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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1. Acknowledgements; 2. Chapter 1. Sources of Mauritian Creole; 3. Chapter 2. Introduction; 4. Chapter 3. Syntactic framework; 5. Chapter 4. Semantics: Definitions and formalism; 6. Chapter 5. Early changes: From French to creole; 7. Chapter 6. The emergence of a new determiner system; 8. Chapter 7. The modern MC determiner system; 9. Chapter 8. Noun denotation and function of determiners; 10. Chapter 9. The syntax of the MC noun phrase; 11. Chapter 10. Conclusion; 12. Abbreviations and Symbols; 13. Texts (sources of examples); 14. Index

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