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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole - (Mouton Grammar Library [Mgl]) by John McWhorter & Jeff Good (Paperback)
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- Saramaccan has been central to various debates regarding the origin and nature of creole languages.
- About the Author: John H. McWhorter, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jeff Good, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.
- 257 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts
- Series Name: Mouton Grammar Library [Mgl]
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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 aBook Synopsis
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.
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"This is undoubtedly an very useful and easy to read grammar that provides researchers with a wealth of information on the language of the Saamaka people."
Bettina Migge in: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 34.1 (2019), 162-165
About the Author
John H. McWhorter, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jeff Good, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.
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