Word-Formation and Creolisation
Author:   Maria Braun
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter
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9781282715349


Pages:   309
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Format:   Electronic book text
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Word-Formation and Creolisation


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This book presents a comprehensive account of the word-formation patterns of an English-based creole language, Sranan, as found in its earliest sources, and compares them with the patterns attested in the input languages. It shows that the emergence of the patterns involved a variety of sources and mechanisms and was characterised by the absence of superstrate derivational affixes, the use of free morphemes as derivational markers and of compounding as the major word-formation strategy. The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor.

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Author:   Maria Braun
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter
Imprint:   Walter de Gruyter
ISBN:  

9781282715349


ISBN 10:   1282715348
Pages:   309
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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