The Emergence of Creole Syllable Structure : A Cross-Linguistic Study.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Creole genesis and syllable structure -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sources of creole structure and mechanisms in creolisation -- 2.3 Creolisation and syllable structure -- 2.4 Theories of syllable structure -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Data and Methodology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Selection of creole languages -- 3.3 The creoles and their historical background -- 3.3.1 Berbice Dutch -- 3.3.2 Negerhollands -- 3.3.3 Saramaccan -- 3.3.4 St Kitts -- 3.3.5 Guiana FC -- 3.3.6 Trindad FC -- 3.4 The creole corpora -- 3.4.1 Source texts for the Dutch-based creoles -- 3.4.2 Source texts for the English-based creoles -- 3.4.3 Source texts for the French-based creoles -- 3.4.4 The resulting corpora -- 3.5 Identification of etyma -- 3.5.1 The main lexifier varieties -- 3.5.2 Cognate words and the choice of etymon -- 3.5.3 Historical and variational aspects in etymon pronunciation -- 3.6 Data coding and analytical procedure -- 3.6.1 Coding of structural variables -- 3.6.2 Coding of process variables -- 3.6.3 Processes not considered in the analyses -- 3.6.4 The CHAID analyses -- 3.7 Summary -- 4 Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the Dutch-based creoles -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Previous studies -- 4.3 Methodological issues -- 4.4 Results I: Berbice Dutch -- 4.4.1 Word-initial onsets in Berbice Dutch -- 4.4.2 Word-final codas in Berbice Dutch -- 4.4.3 Word-internal structures in Berbice Dutch -- 4.4.4 Summary: Berbice Dutch -- 4.5 Results II: Negerhollands -- 4.5.1 Word-initial onsets in Negerhollands -- 4.5.2 Word-final codas in Negerhollands -- 4.5.3 Word-internal structures in Negerhollands -- 4.5.4 Summary: Negerhollands -- 4.6 Comparison: Berbice Dutch vs. Negerhollands.

5 Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the English-based creoles -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Previous studies -- 5.3 Methodological issues -- 5.4 Results I: Early Saramaccan -- 5.4.1 Word-initial onsets in Early Saramaccan -- 5.4.2 Word-final codas in Early Saramaccan -- 5.4.3 Word-internal structures in Early Saramaccan -- 5.4.4 Summary: Early Saramaccan -- 5.5 Results II: Early St Kitts -- 5.5.1 Word-initial onsets in Early St Kitts -- 5.5.2 Word-final codas in Early St Kitts -- 5.5.3 Word-internal structures in Early St Kitts -- 5.5.4 Summary: Early St Kitts -- 5.6 Comparison: Early Saramaccan vs. Early St Kitts -- 6 Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the French-based creoles -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Previous studies -- 6.3 Methodological issues -- 6.4 Results I: Guiana French Creole -- 6.4.1 Word-initial onsets in Guiana FC -- 6.4.2 Word-final consonants in Guiana FC -- 6.4.3 Word-internal structures in Guiana FC -- 6.4.4 Summary: Guiana FC -- 6.5 Results II: Trinidad French Creole -- 6.5.1 Word-initial onsets in Trinidad FC -- 6.5.2 Word-final consonants in Trinidad FC -- 6.5.3 Word-internal structures in Trinidad FC -- 6.5.4 Summary: Trinidad FC -- 6.6 Comparison: Guiana FC vs. Trinidad FC -- 7 Syllable structure in the six creoles: Similarities and differences -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Cross-creole similarities and differences in syllable types -- 7.3 Cross-creole similarities and differences in restructuring rates -- 7.3.1 Retention and restructuring of word-initial structures -- 7.3.2 Retention and restructuring of word-final structures -- 7.3.3 Retention and restructuring of word-internal structures -- 7.3.4 Summary: Comparison of restructuring rates -- 7.4 Cross-creole similarities and differences in targets of restructuring -- 7.4.1 Targets of restructuring among word-initial structures.

7.4.2 Targets of restructuring among word-final structures -- 7.4.3 Targets of restructuring among word-internal structures -- 7.4.4 Summary: Comparison of targets of restructuring -- 7.5 Summary: Cross-creole comparison -- 8 Explaining creole phonotactic restructuring -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Two approaches to the emergence of creole phonology -- 8.3 Substrate syllable structure -- 8.4 Testing SLA approaches to creolisation -- 8.4.1 Mechanisms in creolisation: Berbice Dutch -- 8.4.2 Mechanisms in creolisation: Negerhollands -- 8.4.3 Mechanisms in creolisation: Early Saramaccan -- 8.4.4 Mechanisms in creolisation: Early St Kitts -- 8.4.5 Mechanisms in creolisation: Guiana French Creole -- 8.4.6 Mechanisms in creolisation: Trinidad French Creole -- 8.4.7 Mechanisms in creolisation: The overall picture -- 8.4.8 Similarities and differences across creoles: What causes the observed patterns? -- 8.4.9 Creole phonotactic restructuring: What motivates repair choices? -- 8.4.10 Summary -- 8.5 Creole syllable structure in phonological theory: previous approaches and future challenges -- 8.6 Summary -- 9 Creole syllable structure: A final assessment -- Bibliography.

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