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A grammar of Saramaccan Creole /
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 cre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Mouton grammar library ;
56. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 246 pages) : 1 map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-238) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110278262 311027826X |