Word-Formation and Creolisation |
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Author:
| Braun, Maria |
Series title: | Linguistische Arbeiten Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-282-71534-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
Publisher: | De Gruyter, Inc.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $182.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.