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Daniel Veronique : A note on "adjectives" in some French Creoles Creole "adjectives" differ from their French counterparts in terms of morphology - no formal variation and gender or number agreement - and of predication. The number of pre-posed adjectives in NP is low and predicative "adjectives" have diversely lost their stative properties in the creole languages examined. The verbal status of "adjectives" is directly related to the status of the copula in the languages discussed. Following the case, "adjectives" as such do not constitute a linguistic category., Véronique Georges Daniel. Note sur les «adjectifs» dans quelques créoles français. In: Langages, 34ᵉ année, n°138, 2000. Syntaxe des langues créoles [En hommage à Chris Corne] sous la direction de Daniel Véronique. pp. 61-69.

Alain Kjhm : The adjective in Portugese and in Kriyol : A study in comparative syntax The pre-theoretical notion "adjective" is described in terms of a combination of features as defined in Chomsky (1970), Jackendoff (1977) etc. Adjectives in Portugese, be they preposed or postposed, are shown to be lexical items that combine the features [+N] and [uV]. They are inserted in the Specifier of NP, bearing overt or non overt agreement features, and they are liable to merge with the copula [+V uN] to form a complex head. Unlike its lexifier language, Guinee-Bissau Kriyol exclusively postposes adjectives to the head noun. Arguments are adduced to show that Kriyol adjectives include [uN] and [+V] features, incorporating copula features, hence their inherent predicate status. Although both languages, Portuguese and Kriyol, possess adjectives as a linguistic category, a slight displacement in the values of the features associated with Kriyol adjectives, probably due to creolization, has had far-reaching consequences., Kihm Alain. L'adjectif en portugais et en kriyol : essai de syntaxe comparée. In: Langages, 34ᵉ année, n°138, 2000. Syntaxe des langues créoles [En hommage à Chris Corne] sous la direction de Daniel Véronique. pp. 49-60.

M.-T. Vinet The aim of this paper is to discuss the structure of predicate constructions without a copula in French headlines. We show that the categorial selection for the syntactic realization of predication is here partly determined by the semantic properties of a lexical verbal element. We also demonstrate the role of a non-overt Aspectual head in licensing DP predicates which are obligatorily free adjuncts in this register of French. Finally, a brief comparison of predicate constructions in Moroccan Arabic serves to emphasize the universality of certain aspects of these constructions., Vinet Marie-Thérèse. L'aspect et la copule vide dans la grammaire des titres. In: Langue française, n°100, 1993. Temps et aspect dans la langue française, sous la direction de Jacqueline Guéron. pp. 83-101.