John S Lumsden
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453876 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John S Lumsden |
| GIVEN NAMES | John S |
| FAMILY NAME | Lumsden |
| SIGNATURE | LUMSDEN J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Role of Relexification in Creole Genesis
This article describes the research program of Lefebvre, Lumsden, and their associates concerning the hypothesis that relexification plays a central role in creole genesis. The methodology of the program is presented along with a brief illustration of the data that has been used to test the hypothesis. A final section discusses the gratuitous attack on this program published in Singler (1996). On inspection, it turns out that some of Singler's ob…
Aspect and lexical semantic representations in Haitian Creole
Le creole haitien comporte trois classes d'expressions verbales : verbes dynamiques, verbes resultatifs et verbes d'etats (ou sans-proces). Les proprietes semantiques caracterisant ces classes peuvent etre vues dans les variations systematiques qu'elles provoquent dans les interpretations aspectuelles et temporelles des phrases ou elles apparaissent. L'analyse propose de deriver les interpretations temporelles des phrases haitiennes depuis l'inte…
Possession: Substratum Semantics in Haitian Creole
This paper compares the notion of "possession" as it is expressed in the verbs of Haitian Creole, French, and Fongbe (a West African language of the Kwa family). It is argued that the notion of possession in verbal semantics is best represented as an implicit argument, i.e., an argument that is present in the semantic representation, but not in the syntax. The implicit argument [POSSESSION] is ambiguous, allowing it to be manifested in the syntac…
Functional Categories in the Lexicon
Stowell (1981) demonstrates that nominal phrases in VP or PP are subject to certain constraints which are not pertinent in the domain of NP or AP. Nominal phrases in VP or PP are obligatory and they must be realized in a position which is adjacent to the head of the phrase (i.e., in a phrase marker; “V° NP” or “P° NP”). In contrast, nominal phrases in NP or AP are optional and do not have to be adjacent to the head. There is a systematic exceptio…
On the Argument Structure of Certain Haitian Predicates - Rete , To Remain', Posib 'Possible
The paper presents a systematic description of rete and posib, including some patterns which have not been discussed before in the literature. The account confirms that these predicates do not provide examples of subject-to-subject raising constructions. A lexical subject with rete or posib is always assigned a theta-role by that predicate. The analysis provides a unified lexical representation of each predicate without resort to double lexical e…
Predicate-cleft constructions and why they aren't what you might think
The biclausal structure of Haitian clefts
Les langues Créoles et la théorie linguistique
L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théorie de la variation et du changement linguistique dans les langues naturelles. Même si la genèse des langues créoles se démarque de la genèse des autres langues, tant par les circonstances historiques dans lesquelles elles se développent, que par les dérivations linguistiques qui les caractérisent, l’origine des langues créoles doit être expliquée à l…
Les langues Créoles et la théorie linguistique
L’étude de la genèse des langues créoles fait partie de la problématique plus générale d’une théorie de la variation et du changement linguistique dans les langues naturelles. Même si la genèse des langues créoles se démarque de la genèse des autres langues, tant par les circonstances historiques dans lesquelles elles se développent, que par les dérivations linguistiques qui les caractérisent, l’origine des langues créoles doit être expliquée à l…
Predicate-cleft constructions and why they aren't what you might think
The biclausal structure of Haitian clefts
On the Argument Structure of Certain Haitian Predicates - Rete , To Remain', Posib 'Possible
The paper presents a systematic description of rete and posib, including some patterns which have not been discussed before in the literature. The account confirms that these predicates do not provide examples of subject-to-subject raising constructions. A lexical subject with rete or posib is always assigned a theta-role by that predicate. The analysis provides a unified lexical representation of each predicate without resort to double lexical e…
Functional Categories in the Lexicon
Stowell (1981) demonstrates that nominal phrases in VP or PP are subject to certain constraints which are not pertinent in the domain of NP or AP. Nominal phrases in VP or PP are obligatory and they must be realized in a position which is adjacent to the head of the phrase (i.e., in a phrase marker; “V° NP” or “P° NP”). In contrast, nominal phrases in NP or AP are optional and do not have to be adjacent to the head. There is a systematic exceptio…
Possession: Substratum Semantics in Haitian Creole
This paper compares the notion of "possession" as it is expressed in the verbs of Haitian Creole, French, and Fongbe (a West African language of the Kwa family). It is argued that the notion of possession in verbal semantics is best represented as an implicit argument, i.e., an argument that is present in the semantic representation, but not in the syntax. The implicit argument [POSSESSION] is ambiguous, allowing it to be manifested in the syntac…
Aspect and lexical semantic representations in Haitian Creole
Le creole haitien comporte trois classes d'expressions verbales : verbes dynamiques, verbes resultatifs et verbes d'etats (ou sans-proces). Les proprietes semantiques caracterisant ces classes peuvent etre vues dans les variations systematiques qu'elles provoquent dans les interpretations aspectuelles et temporelles des phrases ou elles apparaissent. L'analyse propose de deriver les interpretations temporelles des phrases haitiennes depuis l'inte…
The Role of Relexification in Creole Genesis
This article describes the research program of Lefebvre, Lumsden, and their associates concerning the hypothesis that relexification plays a central role in creole genesis. The methodology of the program is presented along with a brief illustration of the data that has been used to test the hypothesis. A final section discusses the gratuitous attack on this program published in Singler (1996). On inspection, it turns out that some of Singler's ob…
Philosophy (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (5 works) · Creole language (3 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Argument (complex analysis (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works)