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The predicate marker li in Mauritian Creole [PDF]
, 2007 There is a morpheme 'li' in Mauritian Creole (MC), which is homophonous with the 3sg pronoun, and which, in the early creole, occurs frequently between the subject and the predicate in affirmative, present tense clauses. I propose that that 'li' may have originated as a resumptive pronoun, co-referential with the subject, but following the ...
Guillemin, Diana
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On the Copula in Mauritian Creole, Past and Present
, 1991 Philip Baker, Anand Syea
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Simulating the genesis of Mauritian
Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 2013 This paper presents a computer simulation of the genesis of Mauritian Creole. The input consists of detailed demographic data and typological information on Mauritian as well as the languages which contributed to its birth. The simulation is deliberately
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THE SHORT AND LONG FORM OF VERBS IN MAURITIAN CREOLE: FUNCTIONALISM VERSUS FORMALISM*
Theoretical Linguistics, 1992 Anand Syea
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The role of Mauritian Creole in the religious practices of Mauritian Muslims
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2004In post-colonial Mauritius, linguistic practices are an important way for Hindus, Christians and Muslims to construct, assert or redefine their ethnic, religious and personal identities. This paper analyses the role of Mauritian Creole (MC) in the religious practices and in the construction of the religious identity of Mauritian Muslims.
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Orthography, ideology and the codification of Mauritian Creole
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2023Abstract This paper examines the choices made at the levels of Ausbau (‘language by development’, Kloss 1967: 29–30) and Abstand (‘language by distance’, ibid) during the codification phase of Mauritian Creole. Using the document Lortograf Kreol Morisien (Ministry of Education and Human Resources 2011) as its focal point, it studies the ...
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The Mauritian Creole determiner system
2009The process of article incorporation early in the genesis of Mauritian Creole (MC) resulted in the occurrence of a bare nouns in argument positions with ambiguous interpretations between (in)definite, singular, plural and generic. A new determiner system gradually emerged, but MC continues to admit bare nouns in argument positions. It is argued in this
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Degree adverbs in Mauritian Creole
2014no ...
Hassamal, Shrita, Abeillé, Anne
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Plurality and definiteness in Mauritian and Haitian creoles
Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2019Abstract In addition to plurality, creole plural morphemes impart an additional meaning of definiteness or specificity to the nominal expressions they mark. As of yet, there is no precise characterization either empirical or theoretical of the semantic/pragmatic dimensions they convey.
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