Parth Bhatt

The structure of Creole words : segmental, syllabic and morphological aspects

This volume brings together articles that are focused on segmental, syllabic and morphological aspects of creole words, thus contributing to the ongoing debates about the nature of phonology and morphology and their role in emergence and development of these languages. The papers cover a wide range of creole languages with different lexifier languages and address empirical, typological, historical and theoretical issues, drawing our attention to hitherto unknown phenomena or offering interesting new analyses of established facts.

Graphic Systems, Phonic Systems, and Linguistic Representations

The study of writing and writing systems has received only minor attention from researchers developing theories of natural human languages. The majority of linguistic investigations have centered on: The status of written language as opposed to spoken language (Pulgram, 1951; Uldall, 1944; Vachek, 1945, 1973) The present status of orthographic systems and their relation to underlying linguistic systems (Catach, 1978; Leon, 1966)