Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund
Pieter C. Muysken$29.74
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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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: 06/26/2017
ISBN: 9783110555424
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.66lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.10d