| Description |
1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Creole language library,
0920-9026 ;
v. 25
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Creole language library ; v. 25.
0920-9026
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Creole Formation as Language Contact; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Current Research on Creole formation; Chapter 3. The context of creole formation in Suriname; Chapter 4. The European input; Chapter 5. The African input: lexical retention; Chapter 6. The African input: structural retention; Chapter 7. Language-internal change; Chapter 8. Conclusion and implications; Notes; References; Index of subjects; Index of names; The CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY series. |
| Summary |
The research on the formation of (radical) creoles has seen an unprecedented intensification and diversification in the last 20 years. This book discusses, illustrates, and evaluates current research on creole formation based on an in-depth investigation of the processes and mechanisms that contributed to the emergence of the morphosyntactic system of the creoles of Suriname. The study draws on a rich corpus of a) natural conversational and elicited synchronic linguistic data from the Eastern Maroon Creole (EMC) and its main African substrate language, Gbe, b) published diachronic data from th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects -- Suriname.
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Creole dialects. |
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Suriname. |
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Languages in contact -- Suriname.
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Languages in contact. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Migge, Bettina. Creole formation as language contact. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003 (DLC) 2003050292 |
| ISBN |
9789027296597 (electronic book) |
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9027296596 (electronic book) |
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9781588113979 (US ; alkaline paper) |
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1588113973 (US ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027252470 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9027252475 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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1588113973 (US ; alkaline paper) |
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9027252475 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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