Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin - Albert Valdman

Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin - Albert Valdman

The Verbal System

Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin - Albert Valdman

Albert Valdman [+-]
Indiana University
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Albert Valdman is director of the Creole Institute at Indiana University and is a leading international specialist in French-based creoles. He is the author of one of the major works in the field, Le Créole: Structure, statut et origine (1978) and basic reference works for Louisiana Creole and Haitian Creole, in particular, the Haitian Creole-English Bilingual Dictionary (2007).

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Chapter 8 begins with a discussion of the semantic information—tense, aspect, mood— carried by verbs. It continues with a presentation of the structural features that carry this information: verb markers and auxiliaries (verbs that, unlike verb markers, have more lexical than grammatical meaning and are related to autonomous verbs). Special consideration is given to the form pou that functions as a preposition, a verbal marker, and nominal and verbal complementizer. The final section presents serial verbs, a grammatical feature that is a salient feature of the HC verb system.

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Valdman, Albert . The Verbal System. Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 209-252 Sep 2015. ISBN 9781845533885. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25792. Date accessed: 28 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25792. Sep 2015

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