Word-Formation and Creolisation
This book presents a comprehensive account 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. It shows that the emergence of the patterns involved a variety of sources and mechanisms and was characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor.
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Word-Formation and Creolisation
This book presents a comprehensive account 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. It shows that the emergence of the patterns involved a variety of sources and mechanisms and was characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor.
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Word-Formation and Creolisation
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783484305175 |
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| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Publication date: | 11/27/2009 |
| Series: | Linguistische Arbeiten Series , #517 |
| Pages: | 316 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.67(d) |
| Age Range: | 18 Years |
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