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

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

Complex sentences: Coordination, Subordination, and Clefting

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 10 covers the structure of complex sentences. The first section describes conjoining clauses with the use of coordinating conjunctions. The second section deals with the various means of embedding clauses into the main clause: the complementation of the verb of the main clause with another verb, the use of conjunctions expressing cause, condition, manner, etc., and the modification of noun phrases of the main clause with relative clauses. It contains a detailed discussion of the expression of temporal relations between the verbs of main and dependent clauses. The third section describes the very complex processes involved in clefting and reduplication to effect emphasis on particular sentence elements.

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Valdman, Albert . Complex sentences: Coordination, Subordination, and Clefting. Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 288-314 Sep 2015. ISBN 9781845533885. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25794. Date accessed: 29 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25794. Sep 2015

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