@phdthesis{160549,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Baptista, Marlyse},
  note                  = {Bibliography: p. 309-322},
  pages                 = {322},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {Harvard University},
  title                 = {The Morpho-Syntax of Nominal and Verbal Categories in Capeverdean Creole},
  year                  = {1997},
  abstract              = {This thesis investigates the morpho-syntax of nominal and verbal categories in Capeverdean Creole. The first two chapters provide an analytical description of specific issues in the morphology and syntax of Capeverdean. The last three chapters examine Capeverdean functional categories, the syntax of verbs and the syntax of pronominals, within a chomskian framework (Chomsky, 1981; 1991; 1993). This leads us to the organization of this thesis: Chapter 1 covers Capeverdean morphology, grammatical categories, and word classes: It is divided into two main sections dealing, in turn, with nominal and verbal categories. Among the topics examined are the referential system, adjectives and agreement, pronominal paradigms, auxiliary constructions, and nonfinite forms. Chapter 2 explores Capeverdean phrase structure and basic syntactic structure. It covers basic word order patterns, some variations in word order, expletive constructions and empty categories, and finite and infinitival complements. Chapter 3 serves as a bridge between the first two analytical descriptive chapters and the last two theoretical chapters. It explores Capeverdean functional categories and clause structure. Chapter 4 studies the syntax of the Capeverdean verb. We examine the background assumptions of the theory of verb movement and present a theoretical analysis of the interaction of the Capeverdean verb with a certain class of adverbials, Negation, and floating quantifiers; there, we provide evidence for V-raising in this particular Creole and offer a tentative analysis accounting for the different behavior of verbs in Capeverdean and Haitian. In chapter 5, we study the syntax of Capeverdean pronominals. We focus on the distribution of clitics and nonclitics and account for their distributional properties in terms of various principles and constraints. We design a four-category classification of Capeverdean clitics and argue that there are three classes of pronominals in Capeverdean: weak forms, strong forms, and clitics (cf. Cardinaletti & Starke, 1994; 1996). We then consider the possible development of the morpheme e, which plays the role of a clitic and a copula in the Capeverdean grammar. In the last section of this chapter, we examine the pro-drop status of this particular Creole.},
  bestfn                = {africa\baptista_capeverdean1997v2_o.pdf},
  besttxt               = {ptxt2\africa\baptista_capeverdean1997v2_o.txt},
  cfn                   = {africa\baptista_capeverdean-creole1997_o.pdf},
  class_loc             = {PM7849.C3},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {africa\baptista_capeverdean-creole1997_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 10.04Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {B},
  fn                    = {africa\baptista_capeverdean-creole1997_o.pdf, africa\baptista_capeverdean1997.pdf, africa\baptista_capeverdean1997v2_o.pdf, africa\baptista_capeverdean1997_o.pdf},
  hhtype                = {grammar_sketch},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  isbn                  = {9780591428094},
  keywords              = {;waf;cvi;lng;grd;z.y.350;ths;},
  lgcode                = {Kabuverdianu [kea]},
  macro_area            = {Africa},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PM 7849 .C3 BAP 2007},
  mpifn                 = {creole_baptista1997_o.pdf},
  source                = {DAI-A 58/05, p. 1679, Nov 1997},
  src                   = {eballiso2009, hh, mpieva},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  subject_headings      = {Cape Verde Creole dialect – Morphology, Cape Verde Creole dialect – Syntax, Cape Verde Creole dialect – Verb, Cape Verde Creole dialect – Noun, Creole dialects, Portuguese – Cape Verde, Cape Verde Creole dialect – Morphology – Cape Verde Creole dialect – Syntax – Cape Verde Creole dialect – Verb – Cape Verde Creole dialect – Noun – Creole dialects, Portuguese – Cape Verde},
  umi_id                = {9733230}
}