A grammar of saramaccan creole

John H. McWhorter; Jeff Good

doi:10.1515/9783110278262

A grammar of saramaccan creole

John H. McWhorter
, Jeff Good

Linguistics

Columbia University

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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.

Original language	English
Publisher	de Gruyter
Number of pages	264
Volume	56
ISBN (Electronic)	9783110278262
ISBN (Print)	9783110276435
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110278262
State	Published - Oct 30 2012

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