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Language and Slavery : A social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles / Crit Cremers, Jacques Arends. Volume 52.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arends, Jacques, author.
- Series:
- Creole language library
- Creole Language Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language arts.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages).
- Other Title:
- Knowledge Unlatched.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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, anthropologists, literary scholars and anyone interested in Suriname.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books
- ISBN:
- 9789027265807
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.52
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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