Language and slavery : : a social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles / / Jacques Arends.

• Superior document: Creole Language Library, 52
• VerfasserIn: Arends, Jacques,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, Philadelphia : : John Benjamins Publishing Company,, [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Creole language library ; 52.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (495 pages) :; illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISSN: 0920-9026
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jacques Arends.

This posthumous work by Jacques Arends offers new insights into the emergence of the creole languages of Suriname including Sranantongo or Suriname Plantation Creole, Ndyuka, and Saramaccan, and the sociohistorical context in which they developed. Drawing on a wealth of sources including little known historical texts, the author points out the relevance of European settlements prior to colonization by the English in 1651 and concludes that the formation of the Surinamese creoles goes back further than generally assumed. He provides an all-encompassing sociolinguistic overview of the colony up to the mid-19th century and shows how ethnicity, language attitude, religion and location had an effect on which languages were spoken by whom. The author discusses creole data gleaned from the earliest sources and interprets the attested variation. The book is completed by annotated textual data, both oral and written and representing different genres and stages of the Surinamese creoles. It will be of interest to linguists, historians, anthropologist, literary scholars and anyone interested in Suriname.