| A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole Contributor(s): McWhorter, John (Author), Good, Jeff (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110276437 ISBN-13: 9783110276435 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $313.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 417.22 |
| LCCN: 2012454702 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.37 lbs) 257 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Saramaccan has been central to various debates regarding the origin and nature of creole languages. Being the most removed of all English-based creoles from European language structure in terms of phonology, morphology and syntax, it has been seen as one of the most extreme instantiations of the creolization process. This is the first full-length description of Saramaccan. The grammar documents, in particular, a valence-sensitive system of indicating movement and direction via serial verb constructions, hitherto overlooked amidst the generalized phenomenon of serialization itself. |
Contributor Bio(s): McWhorter, John: - John H. McWhorter, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jeff Good, University at Buffalo, New York, USA. |