Until very recently, phonology and morphology have been neglected areas in the study of creole languages. Available phonological studies were largely confined to segmental aspects, and morphology was generally held to be marginal in these languages, if not totally absent. Some more recent studies have shown, however, that the investigation of creole phonology and morphology is of considerable importance for the field of creole studies, both theoretically and empirically.
Some creole languages seem to have retained at least remnants of their substrates' tone systems.
Moving to morphology, a closer look reveals that creoles do have morphology, but its nature is unclear. Too few studies of derivational morphology in creoles are yet available to give a satisfactory answer to these questions. The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars from all over the world who work on these and similar problems in order to provide a forum for their research and opportunity for discussion. The workshop will be organized by Ingo Plag , Chair in English Linguistics, University of Siegen , Germany. Due to generous funding by the University of Siegen and the German Science Foundation, all paper presenters will be provided free accomodation in a centrally located hotel.