A Metagrammatical Approach to Periphrasis in Gwadloupéyen

Abstract

In this paper, I show that verbal and nominal functional elements of Gwadloupéyen can be described in the Tree-Adjoining Grammar as pertaining to morphological periphrasis. This challenges the claim that Creoles have fully analytical morphology.

Keywords

• Guadeloupean Creole
• periphrasis
• Tree-Adjoining Grammar