A Grammar of Saramaccan CreoleWalter de Gruyter, 30.10.2012 - 257 Seiten 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. |
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2 Prosodic phonology | 30 |
3 Morphology and morphophonemics | 63 |
4 The noun phrase | 76 |
5 Personal pronouns | 94 |
6 Adjectives | 100 |
Negators tense aspect and modals | 113 |
8 Verb serialization | 137 |
13 Position direction and time | 186 |
14 Adverbial modification | 196 |
15 Information structure | 205 |
16 Numerals and other time expressions | 221 |
17 Lexical variation | 224 |
Word list | 226 |
Folktale transcription | 228 |
Conversational passage | 232 |
9 Coordination and subordination | 150 |
10 Passive and imperative | 164 |
11 Questions | 173 |
12 Nonverbal predication and fteverbs | 178 |
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