Word-Formation and Creolisation: The Case of Early Sranan

by Maria Braun

This book explores a relatively little investigated area of creole languages, word-formation. It provides the most comprehensive account so far of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested in the input languages. One of the few studies of creole morphology based on historical data, the book discusses the theoretical problems arising with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3484305177
• ISBN13: 9783484305175
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary