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Title: The Genesis of Discourse Grammar

The Genesis of Discourse Grammar

Universals and Substrata in Guyanese, Hawaii Creole, and Japanese

by Hirokuni Masuda (Author)
©2000 Monographs XX, 268 Pages
Linguistics
Series: Studies in Ethnolinguistics, Volume 7

Summary

Hirokuni Masuda applies the modified Verse Analysis to the study of creole languages seeking evidence to support the two principal theories: universalist and substratist. Hawaii Creole manifests in discourse a universal feature of patterning, which is shared by Guyanese Creole as well as by Chinook Jargon. On the other hand, Hawaii Creole also shows an idiosyncratic phenomenon of numbering, which appears to have been linguistically transferred from Japanese as substratum. Dr. Masuda's research reinforces a hypothesis that both internal innate properties and external substratal factors need to be taken into account to explain the origin of creole discourse grammar.

Details

Pages
XX, 268
Year
2000
ISBN (Hardcover)
9780820444482
Language
English
Keywords
patterning numbering research
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2000. XX, 268 pp., num. tabl. and fig.

Biographical notes

Hirokuni Masuda (Author)

The Author: Hirokuni Masuda is a dedicated researcher in theoretical and creole linguistics. Focusing on pidgin and creole languages, his current research attempts to establish a theory that explains the universal principles of discourse grammar in natural languages. He also has a strong interest in recent studies in biolinguistics that investigate the relationship between the brain and the human language faculty. He now teaches in the Department of Languages as well as in the Linguistic Program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

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