Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Abstract

We will study some lexical formation processes in Guadeloupean Creole to illustrate the hypothesis of the differential evolution of French according to its environment. On the one hand, we will present the creation of morphological patterns from words inherited from French, whose structure has been reinterpreted according to the linguistic specificities of Guadeloupean. On the other hand, we'll mention the creation of formation patterns unknown to the lexifier language, but well represented in other languages. Finally, we'll look at the rarity of morphological processes used to create the specialized vocabularies that developedin Frenchfrom the 18th centuryonwards, and explain them in terms of the sociolinguistic conditions under which Guadeloupean Creole evolved.

Florence Villoing

Florence Villoing

Professor at Paris-Nanterre University since 2014. Member of the Groupe de Recherche Grammaires Créoles of the SFL laboratory, University of Paris  8since 2010. Specialist in morphology and lexicon formation in French and French-based Creole languages.

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Florence Villoing

University of Paris Nanterre

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