A grammar of Saramaccan Creole

A grammar of Saramaccan Creole / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good.

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 cre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McWhorter, John H. (Author), Good, Jeff (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2012.
Series:Mouton grammar library ; 56.
Subjects:
Saramaccan language.
Creole dialects.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Creole Languages.
Creole dialects
Saramaccan language
Grammatik
Saramakkisch
Grammatica's (vorm)
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Table of Contents:
  • Segmental phonology
  • Prosodic phonology
  • Morphology and morphophonetics
  • The noun phrase
  • Personal pronouns
  • Adjectives
  • Core predicate phrase modifiers: negators, tense, aspect, and modals
  • Verb serialization
  • Coordination and subordination
  • Passive and imperative
  • Questions
  • Nonverbal predication and be-verbs
  • Position, direction, and time
  • Adverbial modification
  • Information structure
  • Numerals and other time expressions
  • Lexical variation
  • Word list
  • Folktale transcription
  • Conversational passage.

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