Surviving the Middle Passage - The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund

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.

About the author

Pieter Muysken, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Norval Smith, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Product details

• Assisted by: Piete C Muysken (Editor), Pieter C Muysken (Editor), Pieter C. Muysken (Editor), Smith (Editor), Smith (Editor), Norval Smith (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2017
• EAN: 9783110555424
• ISBN: 978-3-11-055542-4
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 30 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 803 g
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures