A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole / / John McWhorter, Jeff Good.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: McWhorter, John,; Good, Jeff,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 56
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; Abbreviations --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. Segmental phonology --; Chapter 2. Prosodic phonology --; Chapter 3. Morphology and morphophonemics --; Chapter 4. The noun phrase --; Chapter 5. Personal pronouns --; Chapter 6. Adjectives --; Chapter 7. Core predicate phrase modifiers: Negators, tense, aspect, and modals --; Chapter 8. Verb serialization --; Chapter 9. Coordination and subordination --; Chapter 10. Passive and imperative --; Chapter 11. Questions --; Chapter 12. Nonverbal predication and be-verbs --; Chapter 13. Position, direction, and time --; Chapter 14. Adverbial modification --; Chapter 15. Information structure --; Chapter 16. Numerals and other time expressions --; Chapter 17. Lexical variation --; Word list --; Folktale transcription --; Conversational passage --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110278262; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636246; 9783110742961; 9783110288995; 9783110288902; 9783110288896
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110278262
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John 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 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.