Reduplication in São Tomense

Emmanuel Schang (1)

1 LLL - Laboratoire Ligérien de Linguistique

This paper studies lexical reduplication in São Tomense, a Portuguese-based Creole language. Its central claim is that lexical reduplication in São Tomense results from the external merge of the same lexical item in two structural slots available in independently-motivated syntactic structures: the modification structure and the coordination structure.

Mots clés: Reduplication; Sao Tomense

Domaines: Linguistique

Emmanuel Schang. Reduplication in São Tomense: Issues at the syntax-semantics interface. Aboh, Enoch O., Norval Smith and Anne Zribi-Hertz (eds.). The Morphosyntax of Reiteration in Creole and Non-Creole Languages, John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp.235-250, 2012, Creole Languages Library. ⟨halshs-00764586⟩