Creole formation as language contact : the case of the Suriname creoles /

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Author / Creator:Migge, Bettina.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003.
Description:1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Language:English
Series:Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 25
Creole language library ; v. 25.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129837
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ISBN:9789027296597
9027296596
9781588113979
1588113973
9789027252470
9027252475
1588113973
9027252475
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-145) and indexes.
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Summary:The research on the formation of (radical) creoles has seen an unprecedented intensification and diversification in the last 20 years. This book discusses, illustrates, and evaluates current research on creole formation based on an in-depth investigation of the processes and mechanisms that contributed to the emergence of the morphosyntactic system of the creoles of Suriname. The study draws on a rich corpus of a) natural conversational and elicited synchronic linguistic data from the Eastern Maroon Creole (EMC) and its main African substrate language, Gbe, b) published diachronic data from th.
Other form:Print version: Migge, Bettina. Creole formation as language contact. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003