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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole

Mouton Grammar Library 56, Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] 56

Erschienen am 15.10.2012, 1. Auflage 2012
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Bibliografische Daten
ISBN/EAN: 9783110276435
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XI, 246 S.
Einband: gebundenes Buch

Beschreibung

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.

Autorenportrait

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