Haitian Creole - Structure, Variation, Status, Origin - Albert Valdman
The Structure of the Haitian Creole Lexicon
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).
Description
Chapter 5 starts with a general description of morphological structure. There follow sections on lexicogenetic processes in HC: derivation (a listing and illustration of about twenty productive suffixes and prefixes), compounding, onomatopoeia, and borrowing.