The syntax of directional Serial Verb Constructions in French-based creoles
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Published:2022-03-23
Issue:1
Volume:37
Page:114-159
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ISSN:0920-9034
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Container-title:Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
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language:en
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Short-container-title:JPCL
Author:
Zribi-Hertz Anne123,
Jean-Louis Loïc13
Affiliation:
1. Université Paris 8
2. SFL, CNRS
3. GRGC
Abstract
Abstract
This article bears on directional Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs) in
French-based creoles. Starting with a working definition of our topic of study, we present a detailed description of the data in
Martinican Creole (MQ) – whose grammar is similar in the relevant respects to that of Haitian (HC). Four different structural
patterns are distinguished. Our results bring partial support to Aboh’s (2015)
assumption that the emergence of Haitian SVCs might have resulted from congruence between Gbe SVCs (analysed as ‘causative-like’)
and French Clause Union. We argue that this idea finds further confirmation in cross-creole comparison, but only concerns one type
of (directional) SVC.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
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