Verb Serialization, Word Order Typology, and Zamboangueño: A Comparative Approach

Zamboangueño only rarely receives any notice at all from creolist theoreticians. Muysken and Bickerton both touched on it in their contributions to the Cambridge Survey of Linguistics. Contra Bickerton, this paper argues for a different view of Zamboangueño objects. Contra Muysken, the paper argues that the language does have serial verbs. Data are brought to bear from both Bidau Creole Portuguese and from Kristang of Malacca to use for comparative purposes in advancing the description.