Grammatical relations in a radical Creole : verb complementation in Saramaccan /
With English and Portuguese as parent languages; the significant lexical retention of African languages; and the relative isolation of its speakers, Saramaccan has always stood out among Creole languages. Yet despite its obvious interest Saramaccan received little in the way of scholarly study. This...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
1987
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| Series: | Creole language library ;
v. 3. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | With English and Portuguese as parent languages; the significant lexical retention of African languages; and the relative isolation of its speakers, Saramaccan has always stood out among Creole languages. Yet despite its obvious interest Saramaccan received little in the way of scholarly study. This groundbraking monograph dispels the mystery surrounding Saramaccan and provides strong evidence for a new approach to Creole origins. The study is carried out within the government-binding framework. The author shows how Saramaccan comes close to demonstrating what constitues the irreducible minimu. |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela)--originally titled: Predicate complementation and verb serialization in Saramaccan. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 293 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789027279019 9027279012 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9026 ; |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Action Note: | digitized |
