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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Migge, Bettina.

Series:

Creole language library ; v. 25.

Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creole dialects--Suriname.

Creole dialects.

Languages in contact--Suriname.

Languages in contact.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 149 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003.

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 the EMC's sister-language Sranan Tongo, and c) information on the early history of Suriname coming from socio-historical investigations. It suggests that mechanisms of deliberate and contact-induced change also involved in borrowing and particularly shift situations led to the initial formation of the creoles of Suriname while language-internal change played a role in their subsequent development.

Contents:

Creole Formation as Language Contact

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Current Research on Creole formation

Conclusion: the methodology of the present study

Chapter 3. The context of creole formation in Suriname

Conclusion

Chapter 4. The European input

Chapter 5. The African input: lexical retention

Chapter 6. The African input: structural retention

Summary and conclusion

Chapter 7. Language-internal change

Chapter 8. Conclusion and implications

Notes

References

Index of subjects

Index of names

The CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY series.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-145) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612161308

9781282161306

128216130X

9789027296597

9027296596

OCLC:

56119183