Surviving the Middle Passage : The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3110555425
ISBN-13
9783110555424
Publisher
De Gruyter
Imprint
De Gruyter Mouton
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 26th, 2017
Print length
544 Pages
Weight
818 grams
Dimensions
15.90 x 23.30 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Linguistics
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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. It brings in new historical and linguistic evidence for an extremely close relationship between the creoles, the Gbe languages, and Kikongo, where bilingual practices led to new language forms.
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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