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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole

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Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton (Jul 18, 2022)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 257 pages
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110995404

    Description of 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.

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