Verbs, adjectives, and predicate marking in Isle de France Creole: Back to basics

Abstract

This paper examines the working of the verbal predicate in Isle de France Creole (IdeFC), and attempts to show that in this very central area of Creole syntax, at least, IdeFC is one of the ‘mainstream’ Creole languages, as defined by Bickerton (1981, ch. 2).