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24 septembre 2020
- handle: 10670/1.bqv6a2
- halshs: halshs-03550881
- doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198861287.003.0005
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Fabiola Henri et al., « Derivation and the morphological complexity of three French-based creoles », HAL-SHS : linguistique, ID : 10.1093/oso/9780198861287.003.0005
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Creolistic research persistently asserts the simplicity of creoles, citing as evidence the claimed poverty of creole morphology. Yet, creoles not only exhibit morphology, but evince a surprising degree of morphological complexity. Drawing on the evidence of derivational morphology from three different French-based creoles − Mauritian (Indian Ocean), Haitian, and Guadeloupean (Caribbean) – the current contribution provides new evidence for this claim. It pursues a view of morphological complexity where the interaction of a lexeme's inventory of forms with its participation in deverbal derivation contributes to the integrative complexity of a language's morphology. Such a perspective is compatible with psycholinguistic approaches to language acquisition and language change.