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Creoles in education : an appraisal of current programs and projects / / edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens
Creoles in education : an appraisal of current programs and projects / / edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, c2010
Descrizione fisica vi, 356 p
Disciplina 371.829/96073
Altri autori (Persone) MiggeBettina
LégliseIsabelle
BartensAngela <1970->
Collana Creole language library
Soggetto topico Creoles - Education - Evaluation
Native language and education
Creole dialects
ISBN 9786612558504
9781282558502
1282558501
9789027288202
9027288208
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Creoles in Education -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Creoles in education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of historical and social issues -- 2.1 Status and function of creoles -- 2.2 Codification of P/Cs -- 2.3 Creoles in education: A brief historical overview -- 2.4 Current situation: Why is there renewed interest in integrating P/Cs into education -- 3. Overview of educational projects using P/Cs world-wide -- 4. Critical review of projects -- 4.1 Defining project aims, goals and activities -- 4.2 Assessing the sociolinguistic context -- 4.3 Setting up the educational program -- 4.4 Evaluation of projects -- 4.5 Political and financial issues -- 5. Roadmap for setting up and maintaining education projects/programs -- 6. Conclusions and outlook -- Raising critical language awareness in Hawai'i at Da Pidgin Coup -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief socio-historical overview of pidgin -- 3. Pidgin in educational contexts -- 4. The formation of Da Pidgin Coup -- 5. Critical language awareness -- 6. Achievements at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa -- 7. Projects in schools -- 8. Community outreach -- 9. Future advocacy -- Chabacano for everyone? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some theoretical considerations -- 2.1 Language learning and education -- 2.2 The constructivist approach in the study of education and learning -- 3. The social background of the Chabacano projects -- 3.1 Language policies and bilingual education in the Philippines -- 3.2 The sociolinguistic settings and education of Chabacano communities -- 4. The Chabacano teaching projects -- 4.1 The Cavite City projects -- 4.2 Educational materials used in Cavite City -- 4.3 A critical evaluation of the Cavite City projects -- 4.4 Cotabato: Learning modules in Chabacano -- 4.5 A critical evaluation of learning modules in Chabacano.
4.6 Zamboanga: The Chavacano Language Corpus and Reader Project -- 4.7 A critical evaluation of the Chavacano Language Corpus and Reader Project -- 5. Conclusion -- The teaching of Creole in Guadeloupe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The sociolinguistic situation of Guadeloupe -- 3. Creole and the education system in Guadeloupe -- 4. Regional languages and cultures in elementary and secondary education: The teaching of Creole in Guadeloupe -- 4.1 General characteristics of the teaching of regional languages and cultures in elementary and secondary schools -- 4.2 The teachers -- 4.2.1 Teachers with a qualification in Creole as a specialty -- 4.2.2 Approved" teachers -- 4.2.3 Certified Teachers -- 4.3 Student numbers -- 4.4 Continuity of teaching -- 4.5 Problems with the curriculum and teaching tools -- 4.6 The goals of teaching regional language and culture -- 5. Towards the future -- Appendix: Number of students attending LCR-Creole in Guadeloupe, 2007-2008 -- Integrating local languages and cultures into the education system of French Guiana -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief description of the French Guianese sociolinguistic context -- 3. The local languages and the education system -- 4. Langues et cultures régionales -- 5. Intervenants en Langues Maternelles -- 5.1 The aims and overall conception of the project -- 5.2 The trainees, their recruitment and their contractual situation -- 5.3 The training -- 5.4 The development of teaching materials and a curriculum -- 5.5 Schools, students, teaching and institutional support -- 5.6 Supervision and evaluation of the project -- 5.7 Conclusion and outlook -- 6. Raising awareness about language and language diversity -- 6.1 Raising awareness among teachers -- 6.2 Educational activities for raising language awareness among students -- 7. Conclusion and outlook -- Kriol in Caribbean Nicaragua schools.
1. Introduction -- 2. The sociolinguistic situation on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua -- 2.1 A historical overview -- 2.2 Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean peoples and languages -- 2.3 Language development and language status -- 2.4 The origins of the Creole population on the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast -- 3. Education in the Caribbean Coast -- 3.1 Towards Intercultural Bilingual Education -- 3.2 The Regional Autonomous Education System, SEAR -- 3.3 New curriculum - new languages -- 3.4 Teacher training -- 3.5 The primary school sector -- 3.6 An orthography for Kriol -- 4. Kriol in the teacher training -- 5. Piloting Kriol in primary schools -- 5.1 Schedule of the curricular areas -- 5.2 The textbooks -- 5.3 Teacher training -- 6. Evaluating the pilot phase in primary schools -- 6.1 Positive results -- 6.2 Difficulties with implementing the new curriculum -- 6.2.1 Institutional difficulties -- 6.2.2 Heterogeneity of the student population -- 6.2.3 Attitudes towards Kriol -- 6.2.4 Teachers' problems in writing Kriol -- 6.2.5 Ancestral languages and Kriol -- 7. Conclusion -- Swimming against the tide -- 1. Background -- 1.1 The MOEYC 'Home Language' Approach -- 1.2 From problem to opportunity -- 1.3 Testing public attitudes -- 1.4 Official commitment -- 1.5 Project promises -- 2. Researching performance in BEP -- 2.1 Measuring success -- 2.2 The instruments: The English and Jamaican Language Arts Tests -- 2.3 Results: The Language Arts Diagnostic Test -- 2.4 Results - Communication task -- 3. Conclusion -- Introducing French Creole as a language of instruction in education in St. Lucia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief sociohistorical and sociolinguistic background of Saint Lucia -- 3. Education policy regarding French Creole -- 4. A model for using FC/Kwéyòl in instruction in the Saint Lucian context -- 4.1 Preliminary phase - The preliminary piloting.
4.2 The materials -- 4.3 Summary of the results of the experiment -- 4.4 Other aspects of the preliminary study -- 4.5 Planning for an extended project - Phase I -- 5. Conclusions and outlook -- Appendix 1 -- Bilingual education among the Karipúna and Galibi-Marwono -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kheuól (French Creole) in Brazil -- 3. Indigenous education in Uaçá -- 3.1 Bilingual education -- 3.2 Why transitional bilingualism -- 3.3 The role of Portuguese -- 3.4 Issues -- 3.5 Materials -- 4. Conclusion -- Language and education in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language use in education: A historical overview -- 2.1 Educational entities and their responsibilities -- 2.2 Before 1979: Dutch as the sole medium of instruction -- 2.3 Missed opportunities and political disintegration -- 3. Language and education in Curaçao and Bonaire -- 3.1 Experiences with Dutch in a Papiamentu context: 1979 to 2001 -- 3.2 Papiamentu as a subject in Dutch schools: 1979 to 2001 -- 3.3 Making a difference: Kolegio Erasmo -- 3.4 Steps to a better future: Foundation-based Education -- 3.4.1 Language policy in Foundation-based Education -- 3.4.2 Language and education after Foundation-based Education -- 4. Language and education in Aruba -- 4.1 Language policy in Aruba up to 1986 -- 4.2 Language policy in Aruba after 1986 -- 4.3 Optimism and disappointment in the twenty first century -- 5. Mapping the future -- Cape Verdean in education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief socio-historical overview -- 3. The UNESCO plea that goes ignored -- 3.1 UNESCO's main recommendations: Tenets and learners' linguistic rights -- 3.1.1 Some basic tenets -- 3.1.2 Mother tongue instruction as a linguistic and human right -- 4. From orality to the written word -- 4.1 Outsiders' and insiders' views on Kriolu -- 4.1.1 Valkhoff's (1975) study -- 4.1.2 Baptista's 1997 and 2003 surveys.
4.1.3 Sanches (2005) -- 4.2 The linguistic and literary tradition in the Cape Verdean archipelago -- 4.3 The orthographic choices -- 5. The challenges ahead -- 5.1 The necessary measures and the reasons for resistance -- 5.2 Exploring the options -- Trilingual education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Multilingual education model -- 3. Development of the Trilingual Education Curriculum -- 4. Development of the Islander Creole English first grade materials -- 5. Additional information on the Trilingual Education Project 2000 -- 6. Teaching oral 'Standard' English in first grade -- 7. Teaching 'Standard' English reading and writing in second grade -- 8. Contrastive analysis approach -- 9. Differences between Islander Creole English and 'Standard' English -- 10. Using the model -- 11. Is the Trilingual Education Project 2000 Working? -- 12. Additional results of the Trilingual Education Project 2000 -- 13. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Biographical sketches of contributors -- Index -- The series Creole Language Library.
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Creoles, their substrates, and language typology / / edited by Claire Lefebvre
Creoles, their substrates, and language typology / / edited by Claire Lefebvre
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (639 p.)
Disciplina 417/.22
Altri autori (Persone) LefebvreClaire
Collana Typological studies in language
Soggetto topico Creole dialects
Typology (Linguistics)
ISBN 9786613006615
9781283006613
1283006618
9789027287434
9027287430
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The problem of the typological classification of creoles -- 1. The problem -- 2. Aims and limitations of this chapter -- 3. Overview of the results -- 4. Creoles and language typology -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Creoles spoken in Africa and in the Caribbean -- Èdó influence on Santome -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Verb serialisation -- 3. Summary -- 4. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- A Wolof trace in the verbal system of the Portuguese Creole of Santiago Island (Cape Verde) -- 1 Santiago in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries -- 2. Research on the contribution of African languages to the development of Santiago Creole -- 3. The trace of the Wolof 'situative' in the progressive of the Santiago Creole -- Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Substrate influences in Kriyol -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A historical and sociolinguistic sketch -- 3. Kriyol compared to its lexifiers and its substrate -- 4. Conclusion: Trying to answer one more question -- List of abbreviations -- References -- One substrate, two creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some background -- 3. Comparison of the vowel systems -- 4. Comparison of the consonant systems -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Substrate features in the properties of verbs in three Atlantic creoles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. body-state expressions -- 3. weather verbs -- 4. Object to subject raising verbs -- 5. The selectional properties of verbs meaning 'to want' -- 6. The selectional properties of verbs meaning 'to promise' -- 7. The selectional properties of verbs meaning 'to ask' or 'to request' -- 8. Double object verbs -- 9. Serial verbs -- 10. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References.
Assessing the nature and role of substrate influence in the formation and development of the creoles of Suriname -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology and data for the study -- 3. Impact of substrate influence on TMA in the creoles of Suriname -- 4. Nature of substrate influence -- 5. The interaction between substrate influence and other sources -- 6. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- African substratal influence on the counterfactual in Belizean Creole -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The sociolinguistic background -- 3. The counterfactual in Belize -- 4. African sources of the Belizean counterfactual -- 5. Garifuna reinforcement -- 6. Overview of African substrate influence -- 7. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Substrate features in Nicaraguan, Providence and San Andrés Creole Englishes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Substrate influence in the language structure of SA, PR and NK -- 4. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Palenque(ro) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Origins of the Palenqueros: Language-external evidence -- 3. Origins of Palenqueros: Linking language-external evidence with language-internal clues -- 4. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Creoles spoken in Asia -- Convergence-to-substratum and the passives in Singapore English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The give and kena passives -- 3. The English passives -- 4. Excursion: Already and also -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Tone in Singlish -- 1. Ecology and scholarship of Singlish -- 2. Tone in Singlish -- 3. Tone me55? -- 4. Tone from Sinitic? -- 5. Final reflections -- List of abbreviations -- References -- The Cantonese substrate in China Coast Pidgin -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Contexts of formation -- 2. Previous scholarship -- 3. Grammar -- 4. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References.
Substrate influences in Mindanao Chabacano -- 1. Philippine Creole Spanish and MC -- 2. The origins of Mindanao Chabacano varieties: Endogenous or otherwise? -- 3. On the documentation of Zam -- 4. Philippine languages in contact with Zam - which and when? -- 5. Just what do we mean by a substrate? -- 6. "Substrate" Philippine features in Zam -- 7. Substratal features in segmental (and canonical) phonology -- 8. Copulas and negation, including the copula amo -- 9. Personal pronouns -- 10. Items of "local" lexicon in Cotabato Chabacano -- 11. Conclusions and a glimpse into the future -- Abbreviations -- References -- Negation in Ternate Chabacano -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The current situation and a historical overview -- 3. Negation in Ternate Chabacano -- 4. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Aspect and directionality in Kupang Malay serial verb constructions -- 1. Sociolinguistic profile -- 2. Serial verbs in Kupang Malay (general) -- 3. The use of /ame/ and /buang/ in serial verb constructions -- 4. Parallels in surrounding languages -- 5. Summary -- List of abbreviations (for Jacob-Grimes Kupang SVCs) -- References -- Sri Lanka Malay and its Lankan adstrates -- 1. Background -- 2. Previous scholarship and methodology -- 3. SLM grammar -- 4. Genesis of SLM and the role of the adstrates -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Dravidian features in the Sri Lankan Malay verb -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The language -- 3. Morphosyntax -- 4. The primacy of Shonam -- 5. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Creoles spoken in the Pacific -- Papuan Malay of New Guinea -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Verbal complexification: Inflectional morphology -- 3. More marking of aspect: Serial verb constructions -- 4. Serial verb constructions -- 5. Clause linkage -- 6. Other clausal restructuring -- 7. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations.
References -- The influence of Arandic languages on Central Australian Aboriginal English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The CAAE kin relation marker -gether -- 3. Associated Motion in CAAE and Kaytetye -- 4. CAAE prepositions and Kaytetye case -- 5. Summary and conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Roper River Aboriginal language features in Australian Kriol -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Pronouns -- 3. TMA -- 4. Case -- 5. Discussion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Substrate influences on New South Wales Pidgin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transitive marking in Australian Pidgin -- 3. Adjective marking in Australian Pidgin -- 4. Summary and conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Limits of the substrate -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Stable, persistent and ubiquitous Oceanic constructions -- 3. The role of simplification -- 4. Discussion: Simplification and borrowing and the Papuan evidence -- 5. Concluding remarks -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Substrate reinforcement and the retention of Pan-Pacific Pidgin features in modern contact varieties -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Pan-Pacific features -- 3. Substrate languages -- 4. The fate of the nine Pan-Pacific Pidgin features -- 5. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- The copula in Hawai'i Creole English and substrate reinforcement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical issues -- 3. The copula system in modern HCE -- 4. Historical development of the copula system -- 5. Substratal patterns for the creole copula -- 6. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- "On traduit la langue en français" -- 1. Sociohistorical background -- 2. Research into Tayo and the substrate -- 3. Tayo's TMA system -- 4. TMA features of the substrate languages -- 5. Comparing Tayo TMA features and the substrate -- Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Conclusion.
Creoles and language typology -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Simplification: Phonology -- 3. Substrate influence -- 4. Superstrate influence -- 5. Relative clauses -- 6. Conclusions -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Index of authors -- Index of languages and language families -- Index of subjects -- The series Typological Studies in Language.
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins, 2011
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The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
Autore Schramm Mareile
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina 417/.22
Collana Linguistische arbeiten / edited by Klaus von Heusinger, Gereon Müller, Ingo Plag, Beatrice Primus, Elisabeth Stark and Richard Wiese
Soggetto topico Creole dialects - Caribbean Area
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syllable
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 3-11-039530-4
3-11-033956-0
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Creole genesis and syllable structure -- 3. Data and Methodology -- 4. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the Dutch-based creoles -- 5. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the English-based creoles -- 6. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the French-based creoles -- 7. Syllable structure in the six creoles: Similarities and differences -- 8. Explaining creole phonotactic restructuring -- 9. Creole syllable structure: A final assessment -- Bibliography
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Schramm Mareile  
[Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
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The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
Autore Schramm Mareile
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina 417/.22
Collana Linguistische arbeiten / edited by Klaus von Heusinger, Gereon Müller, Ingo Plag, Beatrice Primus, Elisabeth Stark and Richard Wiese
Soggetto topico Creole dialects - Caribbean Area
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syllable
Soggetto non controllato Creole Languages
Syllable Structure
ISBN 3-11-039530-4
3-11-033956-0
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Creole genesis and syllable structure -- 3. Data and Methodology -- 4. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the Dutch-based creoles -- 5. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the English-based creoles -- 6. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the French-based creoles -- 7. Syllable structure in the six creoles: Similarities and differences -- 8. Explaining creole phonotactic restructuring -- 9. Creole syllable structure: A final assessment -- Bibliography
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788826703321
Schramm Mareile  
[Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
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The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
The emergence of Creole syllable structure : a cross-linguistic study / / Mareile Schramm
Autore Schramm Mareile
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (336 p.)
Disciplina 417/.22
Collana Linguistische arbeiten / edited by Klaus von Heusinger, Gereon Müller, Ingo Plag, Beatrice Primus, Elisabeth Stark and Richard Wiese
Soggetto topico Creole dialects - Caribbean Area
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syllable
Soggetto non controllato Creole Languages
Syllable Structure
ISBN 3-11-039530-4
3-11-033956-0
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations and notational conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Creole genesis and syllable structure -- 3. Data and Methodology -- 4. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the Dutch-based creoles -- 5. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the English-based creoles -- 6. Syllable structure and phonotactic restructuring in the French-based creoles -- 7. Syllable structure in the six creoles: Similarities and differences -- 8. Explaining creole phonotactic restructuring -- 9. Creole syllable structure: A final assessment -- Bibliography
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Schramm Mareile  
[Munich] : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]
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A grammar of Saramaccan Creole [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good
A grammar of Saramaccan Creole [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good
Autore McWhorter John H
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina 427.9883
Altri autori (Persone) GoodJeff
Collana Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
Mouton grammar library
Soggetto topico Saramaccan language
Creole dialects
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-283-85686-7
3-11-027826-X
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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 -- Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910462967303321
McWhorter John H  
Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012
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A grammar of Saramaccan Creole [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good
A grammar of Saramaccan Creole [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. McWhorter, Jeff Good
Autore McWhorter John H
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (264 p.)
Disciplina 427.9883
Altri autori (Persone) GoodJeff
Collana Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
Mouton grammar library
Soggetto topico Saramaccan language
Creole dialects
Soggetto non controllato Creole Language
Grammar
Language Change
Language Contact
Saramaccan
ISBN 1-283-85686-7
3-11-027826-X
Classificazione EE 1660
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 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 -- Index
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McWhorter John H  
Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012
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