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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole - McWhorter, John, and Good, Jeff
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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. The grammar documents, in particular, a valence-sensitive system of indicating movement and direction via serial verb constructions, hitherto overlooked ...

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A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole 2022, Walter de Gruyter, Basel/Berlin/Boston

ISBN-13: 9783110995404

Trade paperback

A Grammar of Saramaccan Creole 2012, De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin

ISBN-13: 9783110276435

Hardcover