Book contents
- The Evolution, Acquisition, and Development of Syntax
- The Evolution, Acquisition, and Development of Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Evolution of Syntax
- Part II The Acquisition of Syntax
- Part III The Development of Syntax
- 11 A Matter of Degree: All Languages are Mixed
- 12 Negative Concord in Creole Languages: Commonality and Variation in the Perspective of Bickerton’s Legacy
- 13 Contrasting the NPs of Indian Ocean French Creoles
- 14 The Nature and Development of the “Quacking Duck”
- 15 Beyond Creole: Reflexive Constructions in Cape Verdean Portuguese
- 16 Decreolization: A Special Case of Language Change?
- Index
- References
15 - Beyond Creole: Reflexive Constructions in Cape Verdean Portuguese
from Part III - The Development of Syntax
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 February 2025
Book contents
- The Evolution, Acquisition, and Development of Syntax
- The Evolution, Acquisition, and Development of Syntax
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- Part I The Evolution of Syntax
- Part II The Acquisition of Syntax
- Part III The Development of Syntax
- 11 A Matter of Degree: All Languages are Mixed
- 12 Negative Concord in Creole Languages: Commonality and Variation in the Perspective of Bickerton’s Legacy
- 13 Contrasting the NPs of Indian Ocean French Creoles
- 14 The Nature and Development of the “Quacking Duck”
- 15 Beyond Creole: Reflexive Constructions in Cape Verdean Portuguese
- 16 Decreolization: A Special Case of Language Change?
- Index
- References
Summary
Alexandre and Swokien’s chapter takes a look at reflexive constructions in the emergent variety of Cape Verdean Portuguese (CVP). They argue that the close contact between Cape Verdean Creole (CV) and CVP has some impact on the reflexive patterns available, but also that Cape Verdean speakers reconfigure the features of the reflexive construction of their native language (CV) into CVP. These observations are supported by two experiments – a sentence repetition task and a cloze test. Results show that there is significant variation in using reflexive constructions in CVP, indicating grammatical unsteadiness, but se ‘SELF’ omission is the preferred strategy.
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- The Evolution, Acquisition and Development of SyntaxInsights from Creole Languages and Beyond, pp. 278 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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