This paper aims to give account of the distribution in Guadeloupean Creole of the form of the complementizer kè, for which it is possible to reckon a specific distribution, as it seems to appear in opposition to the zero form. Besides a sociolinguistic component, the presence of kè is associable with the fact type semantics of the completive event (Dixon 2006), and so do other grammatical functions and markers that are featured in the completive clauses when kè is present, such as independent TAM markers on the verb and the obligatory featuring of a subject form in case of subject coreference.
Laura Tramutoli (2021). 'Fact type complementizer in Guadeloupean Creole'. JOURNAL OF PIDGIN AND CREOLE LANGUAGES, 36(2), 336-361 [10.1075/jpcl.00078.tra].
'Fact type complementizer in Guadeloupean Creole'
Laura Tramutoli
2021
Abstract
This paper aims to give account of the distribution in Guadeloupean Creole of the form of the complementizer kè, for which it is possible to reckon a specific distribution, as it seems to appear in opposition to the zero form. Besides a sociolinguistic component, the presence of kè is associable with the fact type semantics of the completive event (Dixon 2006), and so do other grammatical functions and markers that are featured in the completive clauses when kè is present, such as independent TAM markers on the verb and the obligatory featuring of a subject form in case of subject coreference.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
