Word-Formation and Creolisation : : The Case of Early Sranan /

Word-Formation and Creolisation : : The Case of Early Sranan / / Maria Braun.

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This book explores a relatively little investigated area of creole languages, word-formation. It provides the most comprehensive account so far of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Braun, Maria,
Place / Publishing House:Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Linguistische Arbeiten , 517
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Physical Description:1 online resource (309 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Creolisation and word-formation: some central issues
  • 3 The socio-historical and demographic background of Early Sranan
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Early Sranan word-formation: establishing a descriptive framework
  • 6 Multifunctionality of lexical items in Early Sranan
  • 7 Concatenative patterns
  • 8 Reduplication patterns
  • 9 The emergence of Early Sranan word-formation: a conclusion
  • Backmatter

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