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Boundaries and Bridges : Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies.

This series offers a wide forum for work on contact linguistics, using an integrated approach to both diachronic and synchronic manifestations of contact, ranging from social and individual aspects to structural-typological issues. Topics covered by the series include child and adult bilingualism an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yakpo, Kofi
Otros Autores: Muysken, Pieter C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2016.
©2017
Colección:Language Contact and Bilingualism LCB.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Table of contents; List of contributors; Overview and background; Language contact and change in the multilingual ecologies of the Guianas; The people and languages of Suriname; Case studies; Creole in transition: Contact with Dutch and typological change in Sranan; The Maroon creoles of the Guianas: Expansion, contact, and hybridization; Out of India: Language contact and change in Sarnami (Caribbean Hindustani); Developments in Surinamese Javanese; Hakka as spoken in Suriname; Cariban in contact: New perspectives on Trio-Ndyuka pidgin.
  • Language contact in Southern Suriname: The case of Trio and WayanaContact-induced phenomena in Lokono (Arawakan); The transformation of a colonial language: Surinamese Dutch; Comparative perspectives; The tense-mood-aspect systems of the languages of Suriname; From grammar to meaning: Towards a framework for studying synchronic language contact; Multilingual ecologies in the Guianas: Overview, typology, prospects; References; Author index; Subject and language index.