THE ROLE OF MULTIPLE SOURCES IN THE FORMATION OF AN INNOVATIVE AUXILIARY CATEGORY IN LIGHT WARLPIRI, A NEW AUSTRALIAN MIXED LANGUAGE

Light Warlpiri, a new Australian mixed language combining Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan) with varieties of English and/or Kriol that has emerged within approximately the last thirty-five years, shows radical restructuring of the verbal auxiliary system, including modal categories that differ from those in...

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Published in:Language (Baltimore) 2013-06, Vol.89 (2), p.328-353
Main Author: Shannessy, Carmel O'
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Australian history
Descriptive studies and applied theories
Grammar
Innovation
Language acquisition
Language use
Language varieties
Languages
Languages in contact
Lexicon
Linguistic change
Linguistics
Mixed languages
Morphology
Natural language generation
Nouns
Pama-Nyungan languages
Pidgin languages
Sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics
Verbs
Warlpiri language
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Summary:Light Warlpiri, a new Australian mixed language combining Warlpiri (Pama-Nyungan) with varieties of English and/or Kriol that has emerged within approximately the last thirty-five years, shows radical restructuring of the verbal auxiliary system, including modal categories that differ from those in the source languages. The structure of Light Warlpiri overall is that of a mixed language, in that most verbs and some verbal morphology are drawn from English and/or Kriol, and most nominal morphology is from Warlpiri. Nouns are drawn from both Warlpiri-lexicon and English-lexicon sources. The restructuring of the auxiliary system draws selectively on elements from Warlpiri and several varieties and styles of English and/or Kriol, combined in such a way as to produce novel constructions. It may be that when multiple sources provide input to a rapidly emerging new system, innovative categories are likely to appear.
ISSN:0097-8507
1535-0665
1535-0665
DOI:10.1353/lan.2013.0025