Adjective phrase fronting in the Malacca Creole Portuguese noun phrase

IF 0.5 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI:10.1075/jpcl.00123.ala

Alan N Baxter

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Abstract

Abstract This paper is concerned with the grammar and origins of a focusing rule in Malacca Creole Portuguese, (MCP) whereby an adjectival phrase (AdjP) may be extracted from the right branch of a noun phrase and fronted to a position prior to the determiner. It begins by describing the characteristics of AdjP-fronting in MCP, according to determiner type, syntactic role of the fronted adjective, syntactic role of the determiner phrase, and the structural complexity of the AdjP. Subsequently, it considers the presence of AdjP-fronting in 19th and 20th century data of the Creole Portuguese of Tugu/Batavia, Mangalore, Cannanore, Cochin and Sri Lanka. Building on these comparisons, it then addresses the potential influences of Dravidian (Malayalam, Tamil) and Indo-Aryan (Bangla) substrates, and Dutch and English adstrates. The paper concludes that AdjP-fronting in MCP may be added to the list of typological features that demonstrate the connection between the southern Indo-Portuguese creoles and the Malayo-Portuguese creoles.

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马六甲克里奥尔葡萄牙语名词短语中的形容词短语

摘要本文研究了马六甲克里奥尔葡萄牙语(MCP)中一个聚焦规则的语法和起源，即形容词短语(AdjP)可以从名词短语的右分支中提取出来，并置于限定词之前的位置。首先从限定词类型、限定词前形容词的句法作用、限定词短语的句法作用以及限定词的结构复杂性等方面描述了限定词前修饰的特点。随后，它考虑了在19世纪和20世纪的图古/巴达维亚、芒格洛尔、坎纳诺、科钦和斯里兰卡的克里奥尔葡萄牙人的数据中存在的adjp -front。在这些比较的基础上，它接着讨论了德拉威语(马拉雅拉姆语、泰米尔语)和印度-雅利安语(孟加拉语)基材以及荷兰语和英语的潜在影响。本文的结论是，MCP的AdjP-fronting可能被添加到显示南部印度-葡萄牙克里奥尔语与马来-葡萄牙克里奥尔语之间联系的类型特征列表中。

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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages Multiple-

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1.20

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28.60%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JPCL) aims to provide a forum for the scholarly study of pidgins, creoles, and other contact language varieties, from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The journal places special emphasis on current research devoted to empirical description, theoretical issues, and the broader implications of the study of contact languages for theories of language acquisition and change, and for linguistic theory in general. The editors also encourage contributions that explore the application of linguistic research to language planning, education, and social reform, as well as studies that examine the role of contact languages in the social life and culture, including the literature, of their communities.