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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole
About this book
Saramaccan 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.
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Table of contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Segmental phonology
- 2 Prosodic phonology
- 3 Morphology and morphophonemics
- 4 The noun phrase
- 5 Personal pronouns
- 6 Adjectives
- 7 Core predicate phrase modifiers: Negators, tense, aspect, and modals
- 8 Verb serialization
- 9 Coordination and subordination
- 10 Passive and imperative
- 11 Questions
- 12 Nonverbal predication and fte-verbs
- 13 Position, direction, and time
- 14 Adverbial modification
- 15 Information structure
- 16 Numerals and other time expressions
- 17 Lexical variation
- Word list
- Folktale transcription
- Conversational passage
- References
- Index