A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027643-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 56, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 632 g

Reihe: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

Saramaccan has been central to various debates regarding the origin and nature of creole languages. Being the most removed of all English-based creoles from European language structure in terms of phonology, morphology and syntax, it has been seen as one of the most extreme instantiations of the creolization process. This is the first full-length description of Saramaccan. The grammar documents, in particular, a valence-sensitive system of indicating movement and direction via serial verb constructions, hitherto overlooked amidst the generalized phenomenon of serialization itself.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in the Field of Language Contact Regarding Creoles and Beyond

Autoren/Hrsg.

Good, Jeff

McWhorter, John

McWhorter, John H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Ethnolinguistik

Über Autor(innen)

John H. McWhorter, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jeff Good, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.