Hawai'i Creole English: A Typological Analysis of the Tense-Mood-Aspect System

Velupillai, V.

Are there common specific patterns in the Tense-Mood-Aspect systems of Creoles? Do Creoles constitute a structural type of language? This in-depth synchronic description of the Tense-Mood-Aspect system of contemporary Hawai'i Creole English, is a language-internal analysis based on extensive first-hand data, both written and spoken. The language variety has been used as a basis for major linguistic hypotheses - a strength of this book is the use of a language-independent typological framework, placing the system in a cross-linguistic perspective.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-07-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333993408

DOI: 10.1057/9780230505858

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 216