A description of Papiamentu: a Creole language of the Caribbean area

"This book constitutes a primary data-supported, comprehensive grammar of Papiamentu. It analyzes spontaneous speech data from two varieties spoken in Aruba and Curaçao. The author examines structural features so far unexplored in the areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and aspects of sente...

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Main Author: Rivera Castillo, Yolanda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2022]
Series:Grammars and sketches of the world's languages 17 : Contact languages
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:"This book constitutes a primary data-supported, comprehensive grammar of Papiamentu. It analyzes spontaneous speech data from two varieties spoken in Aruba and Curaçao. The author examines structural features so far unexplored in the areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and aspects of sentential semantics. Particular attention is given to nominal classifiers, non-pro-drop syntactic constructions, and absolute tense marking, traits that are rarely described in regards to Creole or Romance languages. Researchers interested in formal analyses of Papiamentu, Creole languages, and in language contact will find this book an indispensable tool"--
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XV, 242 Seiten)
ISBN:9789004448834
DOI:10.1163/9789004448834

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