Papers by Susanne Maria Michaelis
In this paper, we argue that the ditransitive constructions in creole languages worldwide are bes... more In this paper, we argue that the ditransitive constructions in creole languages worldwide are best explained on the basis of influence from substrate languages in Africa and the Pacific region.
World-Wide Comparative Evidence for Calquing of Valency Patterns in Creoles
Journal of Language Contact
Creole languages consistently show valency patterns that cannot be traced back to their lexifier ... more Creole languages consistently show valency patterns that cannot be traced back to their lexifier languages, but derive from their substrate languages. In this paper, I start out from the observation that a convincing case for substrate influence can be made by adopting a world-wide comparative approach. If there are recurrent matches between substrate and creole structures in a given construction type, in creoles of different world regions and with different substrates, then we can exclude the possibility of an accident, and substrate influence is the only explanation. The construction types that I will look at are ditransitive constructions (Section 3), weather constructions (Section 4), experiencer constructions (Section 5), and motion constructions (Section 6). I will draw on the unique typological data source from the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures (Michaelis et al., 2013a; 2013b). My conclusion is that the data provided in AP i CS support the claim that during c...
Polysémie et cartes sémantiques: le relateur (av)ek en créole seychellois
Modalité et grammaticalisation - le cas des créoles français
Representative data in comparative creole studies: The notion of bi-clan
Leipzig fourmille de typologues: Genitive objects in comparison
Ditransitive constructions: creole languages in a cross-linguistic perspective
Roots of Creole structures : weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates
Antidual of paired body-part terms. In: Michaelis, Susanne Maria, Maurer, Philippe, Haspelmath, Martin & Huber, Magnus (eds.). 2013a. The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 104-5
Predicative noun phrases. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 290-93
Predicative locative phrases. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 298-301
Predicative adjectives. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 294-97
Complementizer with verbs of speaking. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 378-81
Comparative standard marking. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 162-65
Comparative adjective marking. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 158-61
Haspelmath, Martin & Michaelis, Susanne Maria. Focus particle ‘also’. In: Michaelis et al. (eds.). 2013a, 422-5
The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures/The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Australian Journal of Linguistics, 2014
World-Wide Comparative Evidence for Calquing of Valency Patterns in Creoles
Journal of Language Contact
Creole languages consistently show valency patterns that cannot be traced back to their lexifier ... more Creole languages consistently show valency patterns that cannot be traced back to their lexifier languages, but derive from their substrate languages. In this paper, I start out from the observation that a convincing case for substrate influence can be made by adopting a world-wide comparative approach. If there are recurrent matches between substrate and creole structures in a given construction type, in creoles of different world regions and with different substrates, then we can exclude the possibility of an accident, and substrate influence is the only explanation. The construction types that I will look at are ditransitive constructions (Section 3), weather constructions (Section 4), experiencer constructions (Section 5), and motion constructions (Section 6). I will draw on the unique typological data source from the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures (Michaelis et al., 2013a; 2013b). My conclusion is that the data provided in AP i CS support the claim that during c...
in in Baker, Philip & Fon Sing, Guillaume, 2007, ed.: The making of Mauritian Creole, London: Westminster Creolistics series, Battlebridge Publications, 2007
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Papers by Susanne Maria Michaelis