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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Creole Language Library ; v. 44
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Creole language library ; v. 44.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Roots of Afrikaans; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Hans den Besten's involvement with Afrikaans; 2. Afrikaans and the history of South Africa; 3. Structure of the present volume; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The origins of the Afrikaans pre-nominal possessive system(s); 1. Introduction: Questions about Afrikaans possessive structures; 2. PNP constructions in Dutch and Afrikaans; 2.1 Data 1: Attributive pronominal possessives; 2.2 Data 2: Attributive nominal possessives; 2.3 Data 3: Free possessives; 2.4 Summing up the problems. |
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3. A tentative descriptive model for PNP constructions3.1 Attributive possessives; 3.2 Free possessives; 4. The founder dialect and variation in (Early Modern) Afrikaans; 5. Possessive constructions in the substrate languages; 5.1 Possessive constructions in Pasar Malay; 5.2 Possessive constructions in Asian Creole Portuguese and Khoekhoe; 5.3 Substrate? Which substrate?; 6. Possessive constructions in Cape Dutch Pidgin and a new source for se; 7. Summing up; Acknowledgment; Chapter 2. The complex ancestry of the Afrikaans associative constructions; 1. Introduction. |
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2. Afrikaans associative structures and a bit of language typology3. Previous scholarship; 4. New hypotheses: Khoekhoe and the Eastern Malay dialects (and beyond); 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. What a little word can do for you; 1. Relativization in Afrikaans; 2. WHAT as a WH-marker in Afrikaans; 3. WHAT in possessive relatives; Chapter 4. Afrikaans relative 'wat' and West-Germanic relativization systems; 1. Introduction1; 2. Systems of relativization; 3. West-Germanic relativization systems and Afrikaans. |
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3.1 West-Germanic relativization systems and the analysis of the relativization system of Afrikaans3.2 West-Germanic relativization systems and the provenance of the Afrikaans relativization system; 4. The age of the relativization system of Afrikaans; 5. Concluding remarks; Chapter 5. Demonstratives in Afrikaans and Cape Dutch Pidgin; 1. Introduction; 2. The origins of dit; 2.1 Cautioning remarks; 2.2 Afrikaans linguistics on the origins of dit; 2.3 Personal pronouns and afr. dit; 2.4 Where does afr. dit come from?; 3. Potential evidence from CDP; 4. More on dat/dit in Khoekhoe Afrikaans. |
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5. The origins of dié 'this, these'5.1 The various usages of dié; 5.2 The origins of proximate dié; 6. Concluding remarks; Chapter 6. Speculations on -elision and intersonorantic in Afrikaans*; 1. Introduction; 2.-elision and strengthening: Some data; 2.1 -elision: A first set of data; 2.2 Strengthening after sonorant consonants; 2.3 Strengthening after vowels; 2.4 Additional remarks; 3.-elision: An hypothesis; 3.1 Raidt (1983) on -elision; 3.2 The relationship between -elision and -strengthening; 4. A parallel case; 5. Diachronic and dialectal data; 6. Back to the hypothesis: Language contact and internal development. |
| Summary |
Hans den Besten (1948-2010) made numerous contributions to Afrikaans linguistics over a period of nearly three decades. His writings helped shift the perspective on the roots of Afrikaans beyond Dutch: to the structure and vocabulary of Khoekhoen, to Portuguese Creole, and to Malay varieties. This volume contains a selection of Den Besten's most important papers concerning the structure and history of Afrikaans, covering a wide range of topics, including grammatical structure, vocabulary, the historical development of Afrikaans, as well its multiple roots. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Afrikaans language -- Etymology.
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Afrikaans language -- Etymology. |
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Afrikaans language. |
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Afrikaans language -- Grammar.
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Afrikaans language -- Grammar. |
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Afrikaans language -- History.
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History. |
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Languages in contact.
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Languages in contact. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general.
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Wouden, Ton van der, 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wouden, Ton van der. Roots of Afrikaans. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012 9789027252678 |
| ISBN |
9789027273826 (electronic book) |
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9027273820 (electronic book) |
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1280676868 |
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9781280676864 |
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9789027252678 |
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902725267X |
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9786613653796 |
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