Word-formation and creolisation: the case of early Sranan
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Main Author: Braun, Maria (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tübingen Niemeyer 2009
Series:Linguistische Arbeiten (Max Niemeyer Verlag) 517
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-309)
Frontmatter; Table of contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Creolisation and word-formation: some central issues; 3 The socio-historical and demographic background of Early Sranan; 4 Methodology; 5 Early Sranan word-formation: establishing a descriptive framework; 6 Multifunctionality of lexical items in Early Sranan; 7 Concatenative patterns; 8 Reduplication patterns; 9 The emergence of Early Sranan word-formation: a conclusion; Backmatter
This book presents a comprehensive account of the word-formation patterns of an Englishbased creole language, Sranan, as found in the earliest sources of this language, and compares them systematically with the patterns attested in the input languages. The findings are discussed in the light of recent creolisation theories and a number of important conclusions are drawn about the nature of creole word-formation, as well as about the role of second language acquisition, universals, substrates and superstrates in the emergence of the creole lexicon and creole languages in general
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 309 pages)
ISBN:3484305177
3484970227
9783484305175
9783484970229

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