Semantic transparency in Lowland Ecuadorian Quechua morphosyntax

In this paper the properties of Lowland Ecuadorian Quechua, a possibly pidg inized variety from this Andean indigenous language family, are evaluated i n the light of the semantic-transparency hypothesis. It is argued that the typological perspective created by looking at a wider range of languages br ings some of the basic ideas developed for creole languages into focus.