Surviving the Middle Passage The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund
Innbundet /
2014
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9783110343854
Published
2014-11-27
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
899 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
542
Contributions by
Biographical note
Pieter Muysken, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Norval Smith, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This book is about the close historical and linguistic relationship between the languages of Surinam and Benin, a relationship which can be viewed in terms of a Trans Atlantic Sprachbund or linguistic area. It consists of a detailed analysis of various possible substrate and adstrate effects in a number of components of the grammar, in the Surinam Creole languages, primarily from the Gbe languages of Benin but also from Kikongo.
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The relation between the Surinam Creoles and the languages of West Africa, where slaves who created the creoles originated, has been hotly debated. This book argues that the close relationship can be viewed in terms of a Trans Atlantic Sprachbund.
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Product details
ISBN
9783110343854
Published
2014-11-27
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
899 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
542
Contributions by
Biographical note
Pieter Muysken, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Norval Smith, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.