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  • 14 - The Nature and Development of the “Quacking Duck”

  • from Part III - The Development of Syntax
  • Edited by Dany Adone, Universität zu Köln, Astrid Gabel, Universität zu Köln
  • Book:
    The Evolution, Acquisition and Development of Syntax
    Published online:
    19 February 2025
    Print publication:
    06 February 2025, pp 255-277

  • Summary

    Gabel’s chapter takes a look at Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs) in Kreol Seselwa (KS), a creole language spoken on the Seychelles. It argues that SVCs are part of KS grammar and that they can best be captured by a continuum approach since they show prototypical and non-prototypical semantic and syntactic properties. Furthermore, SVCs in KS have different distributions depending on spoken and written language as well as production and perception. Finally, she shows that SVCs in KS are subject to age variation thereby exhibiting a potential development in the syntax of KS.