ATLANTIC MEETS PACIFIC -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION: PERSPECTIVES ON THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC ... AND BEYOND -- 1.0. The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics -- 2.0. Why the Atlantic has not been meeting the Pacific -- 3.0. The Contents -- 3.1. Phonology -- 3.2. Morphology and Syntax -- 3.3. Social Concerns -- 3.4. Pidgins and Pidginization -- 3.5. Creoles and Creolization -- 3.6. Other Contact-Induced Phenomena -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION ONE: PHONOLOGY -- LATENT INTERVOCALIC LIQUIDS IN ALUKU: LINKS TO THE PHONOLOGICAL PAST OF A MAROON CREOLE -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Loss of Intervocalic Liquids -- 3.0. Latent Intervocalic Liquids -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ON ONSETS: EXPLAINING NEGERHOLLANDS INITIAL CLUSTERS -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Frequency Analysis -- 3.0. Modification of Negerhollands Syllable Onsets -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION TWO: MORPHOLOGY & SYNTAX -- COMPLEMENTIZERS & PREPOSITIONS -- A BANTU MODEL FOR THE SEYCHELLOIS 'POUR-DIRE' COMPLEMENTIZER -- REFERENCES -- POLYSEMIC FUNCTIONALITY OF PREPOSITIONS IN PIDGINS & CREOLES: THE CASE OF 'FÒ' IN ANGLO-NIGERIAN PIDGIN -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.1. Anglo-Nigerian Pidgin -- 2.0. fó -- 2.1. fó: Origin and Nature -- 2.2. fó as a Polysemic Preposition -- 2.3. Prepositional Complexes (with fò)in ANP -- 2.4. Other Prepositions in ANP -- 2.5. Other (functional) Uses of fò in ANP -- 3.0. Implications of the Prepositional Comportment of fò in ANP -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- EMPTY CATEGORIES -- IS HAITIAN CREOLE A Pro-DROP LANGUAGE? -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Empty Expletive Subjects -- 3.0. 'Subject' Pronouns as Clitics -- 4.0. Structure of INFL in HA -- 4.1. AUX in HA -- 4.2. AGR in HA -- 4.3. Summary -- 5.0. [COMP-trace] Effects in HA.

6.0. INFL and Serial Verb Constructions -- 6.1. SVCs in HA -- 6.2. Analysis -- 7.0. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- NULL SUBJECT IN MAURITIAN CREOLE AND THE Pro-DROP PARAMETER1 -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Pro-Drop Parameter -- 3.0. Distribution -- 4.0. Interpretation -- 5.0. Status of the Null Subjects -- 6.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PRONOMINALS -- THE MAURITIAN CREOLE 'LEKOR' REFLEXIVE: SUBSTRATE INFLUENCE ON THE TARGET-LOCATION PARAMETER -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. The 'lekor' Data: An Unusual Asymmetry in Early Mauritian Creole -- 3.0. Reflexive Typology and the Target-Location Parameter -- 4.0. A Possible Explanation: Influence from Malagasy -- 5.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CLITICIZATION OF PRONOUNS IN BERBICE DUTCH CREOLE AND EASTERN !JO -- 1.0. Introduction -- 1.1. Historical and Linguistic Background -- 2.0. Eastern !jq Pronouns: The Data -- 3.0. Eastern-!jq Pronouns: An Analysis -- 4.0. Berbice Dutch Pronouns: The Data -- 5.0. Substrate versus Creole -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ARE THERE POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS IN ATLANTIC CREOLES? -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Pronouns and Possession in Atlantic Creoles -- 3.0. Pronominal Case Distinction as a Secondary Feature -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT PRONOUNS AND PERSON/NUMBER IN PALENQUERO -- 0. Introduction -- 1.0. Review of the Literature -- 2.0. Toward a Revised Analysis of Palenquero Subject Pronouns -- 2.1. Methodology -- 2.2. Overview of the Paradigmatic Structure of PAL Subject P/N Markers -- 2.3. Presentation of Findings -- 2.4. PAL Subject P/N Markers -- 2.4.1. First Person Singular -- 2.4.2. Second Person Singular -- 2.4.3. Third Person Singular -- 2.4.4. First Person Plural -- 2.4.5. Second Person Plural -- 2.4.6. Third Person Plural -- 3.0. Obligatoriness of P/N Markers in Palenquero -- 4.0. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SERIALIZATION.

ARE NDJUKÁ COMPARATIVE MARKERS VERBS? -- Introduction -- 'Moo' and 'Pasa' as Non-Comparative Transitive Verbs -- Comparative 'Moo' and 'Pasa' with TMA and Negative Markers -- Movement with Comparative 'Moo' and 'Pasa' -- Other Comparative Notions -- Two Standards and Two Comparees -- Correlative Comparison -- Equality -- Other Uses of 'Moo' and 'Pasa' -- Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- WHY SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS? Neither Bioprogram nor Substrate! -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. The Semantic Case Instantiation Principle and its predictions -- 3.0. Verbs and Prepositions -- 4.0. Creoles Revisited -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DIRECTIONAL SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN CARIBBEAN ENGLISH CREOLES -- 1.0. Introduction -- 1.1. Criteria for Serialization -- 1.2. Parataxis vs. Serialization -- 1.3. Argument-Sharing in SVCs -- 2.0. SVC's and Motion Events -- 2.1. "Directional" SVCs in CEC -- 3.0. The Syntax of Directional SVCs -- 3.1. "Purposive" go and kom -- 3.2. 'Complementizer-like' kom/go/gaan -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- TENSE, MODALITY, ASPECT -- A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE CREOLE ASPECTUAL MARKER 'TA'AND SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR FINITENESS -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Aspectual 'Ta' -- 2.1. 'Ta' in Kriolu and Sarama -- 3.0. Some Implications and Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF 'TA' IN AFRO-HISPANIC CREOLES -- 1.0. Introduction: Verbal Markers in Ibero-Romance Creoles -- 2.0. Syntactic Status of 'ta' in Afro-Hispanic Creoles -- 3.0. On the Origin of AHC Verb Stems -- 4.0. Integration of 'ta' in the Developing AHC Verbal System -- 5.0. On the Linguistic Input of AHC Verbs -- 6.0. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CREOLE ASPECTAND MORPHOLOGICAL TYPOLOGY -- 1.0. Introduction -- 1.1. Creolization and the Bioprogram for Aspect -- 2.0. The Non-Punctual Category -- 2.1. Markedness -- 2.2. Typological Distribution.

2.3.Diachronic Shift -- 2.4. Child Language Development and Learnability -- 3.0. Creole Aspect and Morphological Typology -- 3.1. Time and Space in the Encoding of Aspect -- 4.0. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD IN PAPIAMENTU -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Suphuntivo in Relative Clauses -- 3.0. Suphuntivo in Adverbial Clauses -- 4.0. Suphuntivo in Conditional Clauses -- 5.0. Suphuntivo in Concessive Clauses -- 6.0. Suphuntivo in 'pa' Clauses. -- 6.1. Object Clauses -- 6.2. Purpose clauses -- 7.0. Final Remarks -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE DECLINE OF PREDICATE MARKING IN TOK PISIN -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Background to the Study -- 3.0. The Predicate Marker Before and After TMA Markers -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- STEM AND SO-CALLED ANTERIOR VERB FORMS IN HAITIAN CREOLE -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Non-Narrative Data -- 3.0. Narrative Data -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION THREE: SOCIAL CONCERNS -- THE PARALLEL CONTINUUM MODEL FOR SURINAME: A PRELIMINARY STUDY -- 1.0. Introduction -- 1.1. Development of Sranan and Surinamese Dutch into Continua -- 2.0. History -- 3.0. Current Sociolinguistic Situation -- 4.0. Revising the Decreolization Model -- 5.0. Linguistic Analysis -- 5.1. Informants -- 5.2. Lexicon -- 5.3. Phonetics -- 5.4. Morphosyntax -- 6.0. Conclusion -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HAITIAN CREOLE AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION AND THE MEDIA -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Historical Perspective -- 2.1. Present Linguistic Situation -- 2.2. Legal Situation -- 3.0. The French vs. Creole Debate -- 3.1. Some Sources for Change in the Use of Creole in Haiti -- 4.0. Standardization of Creole -- 4.1. Norm in Creole -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- PIDGINS AND CREOLES IN EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. Background to the Project.

3.0. Current Use of Pidgins and Creoles in Education -- 4.0. Evaluation -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- IS TOKPISIN A THREAT TO SARE? -- 1.0. Papua New Guinea Linguistic Situation -- 2.0. The Linguistic Situation in the Sepik Region -- 3.0. The Case of Sare -- 4.0. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- SECTION FOUR: PIDGINS & PIDGINIZATION -- A CONTRIBUTION BY AN OLD CREOLE TO THE ORIGINS OF PIDGIN PORTUGUESE -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.0. The Parish Priest Register in KP -- 3.0. The Parish Priest Register, FT Traits & the Origins of Pidgin Portuguese -- 3.1. Characteristics of FT & Other Simplified Registers -- 3.2. The RL as an Instance of FT -- 4.0. Conclusion -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE TRANSITIVIZER AND PIDGIN CHRONOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- TOK PISINIKAMAP PISIN GEN? Is Tok Pisin Repidginizing? -- 1.0. Repidginization and Recreolization -- 1.1. Known Cases of Secondary Restructuring -- 2.0. The History of Tok Pisin in the New Guinea Highlands -- 2.1.Tok Masta -- 2.2. The Opening of the Highlands -- 2.3. Post-war Developments in the Highlands -- 2.4. The Highlands Labour Scheme -- 3.0. Mendi Tok Pisin -- 4.0. Some Linguistic Features of Highlands Pidgin -- 4.1. Phonological Features of Mendi Tok Pisin (MTP -- 4.2. Lexical Features -- 4.3. Syntactic Features -- 5.0. Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DOCUMENTING THE PAPUAN-BASED PIDGINS OF INSULAR NEW GUINEA -- 1.0. Introduction -- 2.1. Pidgin/zed Yimas -- 2.2. Hauna Trade Language -- 2.3. Iatmul Jargon -- 2.4. Manambu-Kwoma Pidgin -- 2.5. Arafundi-Enga pidgin. -- 2.6. Dani "Police Talk" -- 2.7. Alamblak-Arafundi Pidgin -- 2.8. Waina-Amanab Jargon -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- SECTION FIVE: CREOLES & CREOLIZATION -- TOWARDS A GRADUALIST MODEL OF CREOLIZATION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- THE GENESIS OF PORTUGUESE CREOLE IN AFRICA -- 1.0. Introduction.

2.0. The Creolizers of Portuguese on the West African Coast.