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A grammar of Saramaccan Creole / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good.
Penn Museum Library PM7875.S27 M39 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McWhorter, John H.
- Series:
- Mouton grammar library ; 56.
- Mouton grammar library ; 56
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saramaccan language.
- Creole dialects.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 246 pages : 1 map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]
- Contents:
- Segmental phonology
- Prosodic phonology
- Morphology and morphophonetics
- The noun phrase
- Personal pronouns
- Adjectives
- Core predicate phrase modifiers: negators, tense, aspect, and modals
- Verb serialization
- Coordination and subordination
- Passive and imperative
- Questions
- Nonverbal predication and be-verbs
- Position, direction, and time
- Adverbial modification
- Information structure
- Numerals and other time expressions
- Lexical variation
- Word list
- Folktale transcription
- Conversational passage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-238) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3110276437
- 9783110276435
- OCLC:
- 785071807
- Publisher Number:
- 99951686337
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