Braun, Maria
Word-Formation and Creolisation

The Case of Early Sranan.

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. VII,309 Seiten, broschiert (Linguistische Arbeiten; Band 517/Max Niemeyer Verlag 2009) leichte Lagerspuren