Word-Formation and Creolisation: The Case of Early Sranan

Maria Braun

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 2009

Word-Formation and Creolisation

The Case of Early Sranan

Maria Braun

Volume 517 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783484970229

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About this book

This book explores a relatively little investigated area of creole languages, word-formation. It provides the most comprehensive account so far 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. One of the few studies of creole morphology based on historical data, the book discusses the theoretical problems arising with the historical analysis of creole word-formation and provides an analysis along the lines of Booij’s (2005, 2007) Construction Morphology in which the assumed boundaries between affixation, compounding and syntactic constructions play a very minor role. It shows that Early Sranan word-formation is 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 emergence of Early Sranan word-formation involved multiple sources (the input languages, universals, language-internal development) and different mechanisms (reanalysis of free morphemes as derivational markers, adaptation of superstrate complex words, transfer from the substrates and the creation of innovations). The findings render untenable theoretical accounts of creole genesis based on one explanatory factor, such as superstrate or substrate influence.

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Maria Braun, University of Siegen, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
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1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Creolisation and word-formation: some central issues Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
3 The socio-historical and demographic background of Early Sranan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
4 Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
5 Early Sranan word-formation: establishing a descriptive framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
6 Multifunctionality of lexical items in Early Sranan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
7 Concatenative patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
8 Reduplication patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
9 The emergence of Early Sranan word-formation: a conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 309
Keywords: Creole Studies; Morphology; Language Contact

eBook

Published: December 23, 2009
ISBN: 9783484970229

Hardcover

Published: November 27, 2009
ISBN: 9783484305175