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The Genesis of Discourse Grammar: Universals and Substrata in Guyanese, Hawaii Creole, and Japanese(7 Studies in Ethnolinguistics)

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Hirokuni Masuda applies the modified Verse Analysis to the study of creole languages seeking evidence to support the two principal theories: universalist and substratist. Hawaii Creole manifests in discourse a universal feature of patterning, which is shared by Guyanese Creole as well as by Chinook Jargon. On the other hand, Hawaii Creole also shows an idiosyncratic phenomenon of numbering, which appears to have been linguistically transferred from Japanese as substratum. Dr. Masuda's research reinforces a hypothesis that both internal innate properties and external substratal factors need to be taken into account to explain the origin of creole discourse grammar.

About the Author :
The Author: Hirokuni Masuda is a dedicated researcher in theoretical and creole linguistics. Focusing on pidgin and creole languages, his current research attempts to establish a theory that explains the universal principles of discourse grammar in natural languages. He also has a strong interest in recent studies in biolinguistics that investigate the relationship between the brain and the human language faculty. He now teaches in the Department of Languages as well as in the Linguistic Program at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Review :
Verse Analysis arose out of concern with the organization of oral narratives. By now such constituents, and the recurrent relations among them, have been discovered in more than sixty Native American languages, in many narratives in English, and in a number of other languages, including Chinook Jargon. All these studies have focused on particular texts. Dr. Masuda is the first to connect such relations with historical change, giving a new dimension to the emergence of creole languages. It is to be hoped that others will follow his lead. (Dell Hymes, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia) Dr. Masuda has brought a new perspective to the study of creole origins and his careful work will repay reading by creolists as well as by all those concerned with the analysis of discourse. (Derek Bickerton, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa) Hirokuni Masuda's book reveals how universals and substratum influence are manifested in creole discourse. Applying Verse Analysis to Hawaii Creole English, Dr. Masuda shows that speakers of Japanese ancestry have maintained certain salient features of narrative structure characteristic of Japanese. While there has been ample evidence for substratum influence on creole syntax, his study provides a striking demonstration of the historical continuity of cultural and linguistic traditions at the very heart of discourse organization. (Suzanne Romaine, Merton College, Oxford University)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780820444482
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Height: 230 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Universals and Substrata in Guyanese, Hawaii Creole, and Japanese
  • Width: 160 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0820444480
  • Publisher Date: 21 Sep 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 7 Studies in Ethnolinguistics
  • Weight: 530 gr


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