A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole

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.

About the author

John H. McWhorter, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jeff Good, University at Buffalo, New York, USA.

Report

"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

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Good, John Mcwhorter, John H. McWhorter
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2022
• EAN: 9783110995404
• ISBN: 978-3-11-099540-4
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 19 mm x 241 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]; ISSN; Mouton Grammar Library [MGL], 56
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics