03595nam 2200733Ia 450 991078643640332120230801225730.01-283-85686-73-11-027826-X10.1515/9783110278262(CKB)2670000000309088(EBL)1077459(OCoLC)821177808(SSID)ssj0000914206(PQKBManifestationID)11500656(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000914206(PQKBWorkID)10861930(PQKB)11608967(MiAaPQ)EBC1077459(DE-B1597)175223(OCoLC)823841958(OCoLC)853248313(DE-B1597)9783110278262(Au-PeEL)EBL1077459(CaPaEBR)ebr10634508(CaONFJC)MIL416936(EXLCZ)99267000000030908820120403d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA grammar of Saramaccan Creole[electronic resource] /by John H. McWhorter, Jeff GoodBerlin ;Boston De Gruyter Moutonc20121 online resource (264 p.)Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ;56Mouton grammar library ;56Description based upon print version of record.3-11-027643-7 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Segmental phonology -- Chapter 2. Prosodic phonology -- Chapter 3. Morphology and morphophonemics -- Chapter 4. The noun phrase -- Chapter 5. Personal pronouns -- Chapter 6. Adjectives -- Chapter 7. Core predicate phrase modifiers: Negators, tense, aspect, and modals -- Chapter 8. Verb serialization -- Chapter 9. Coordination and subordination -- Chapter 10. Passive and imperative -- Chapter 11. Questions -- Chapter 12. Nonverbal predication and be-verbs -- Chapter 13. Position, direction, and time -- Chapter 14. Adverbial modification -- Chapter 15. Information structure -- Chapter 16. Numerals and other time expressions -- Chapter 17. Lexical variation -- Word list -- Folktale transcription -- Conversational passage -- References -- IndexSaramaccan has been central to various debates regarding the origin and nature of creole languages. Being the most removed of all English-based creoles from European language structure in terms of phonology, morphology and syntax, it has been seen as one of the most extreme instantiations of the creolization process. This is the first full-length description of Saramaccan. The grammar documents, in particular, a valence-sensitive system of indicating movement and direction via serial verb constructions, hitherto overlooked amidst the generalized phenomenon of serialization itself.Mouton grammar library ;56.Saramaccan languageCreole dialectsCreole Language.Grammar.Language Change.Language Contact.Saramaccan.Saramaccan language.Creole dialects.427.9883EE 1660rvkMcWhorter John H885633Good Jeff1575499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786436403321A grammar of Saramaccan Creole3852505UNINA