The idea that processes of second language acquisition (SLA) are highly relevant for an
account of creole genesis is far from new or original (see Plag (2008a) for some discussion …

Relabeling is a process that assigns a lexical entry of language-x a new label derived from a
phonetic string drawn from language-y. This process plays a central role in the formation of …

This book investigates syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in six Caribbean
creoles with Dutch, English and French as main lexifier languages. The earliest reliable data …

This paper proposes a comparison of the properties of the definite determiners of Fongbe
and Saramaccan. The definite determiners per se, the category Number, the demonstrative …

This article examines the influence of perception on creole phonological restructuring,
drawing comparisons to loanword adaptation and second language learning and outlining a …

This book deals with the functional categories of three Caribbean creoles: Saramaccan,
Haitian Creole and Papiamentu. The first aim of the book is to evaluate the respective …

The value to be gained from the incorporation of phonological arguments and insights into
the general creolist debate is vast [...] Phonology will help make creole studies more …

It is hardly difficult to make the case for the inclusion of pidgins and creoles in volume
dedicated to sociolinguistics. Emerging in contact environments, these languages are and …

In this paper, I compare the segmental inventories of Haitian and St. Lucian with those of
their contributing languages, in order to evaluate the impact of the substrate languages on …

Haitian, a French-lexifier creole with a Gbe substrate, shows an asymmetry in the way it has
adapted French liquids: the French lateral was maintained in postvocalic coda position in …