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  • Publication
    Creole formation as Language Contact: The case of the Suriname Creoles
    (John Benjamins Publishing, 2003)
    Migge, Bettina 
    The aim of the present study is twofold: First, it discusses the formation of radical creoles based on an examination of creole formation in Suriname. The discussion focuses on investigating and illustrating the processes and mechanisms involved in the formation of radical creoles and on determining the nature of the resulting strctures. Second, based on the findings, the study critically evaluates the tenets of the main current theories of creole formation. The investigation suggests that the main inputs to the formation of the predecessor(s) of the modern creoles of Suriname were the range of creole varieties, L2 and pidgin varieties of English (and Portuguese) spoken by the early plantation population and the native African languages of the slaves who arrived during Suriname’s transition to sugar monoculture. The processes and mechanisms that played a role in its formation were similar to those observed in cases of L2 acquisition.
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    Grammaire du nengee : Introduction aux langues aluku, ndjuka et pamaka
    (IRD Editions, 2003)
    Goury, Laurence 
    ;
    Migge, Bettina 
    Les populations businenge, ou Noirs Marrons, sont de plus en plus nombreuses et jouent un rôle de plus en plus important dans la société guyanaise. Depuis plusieurs années déjà, le besoin de mieux connaître les langues et les cultures businenge s'exprime de façon pressante, à l'extérieur comme à l'intérieur des communautés. Nous avons cependant essayé de donner quelques clés qui faciliteraient la compréhension du nenge(e). En fait, ce livre est avant tout une base linguistique pour qui veut connaître la grammaire de cette langue, ou encore pour les enseignants qui souhaitent en savoir plus sur la langue de leurs élèves. Les différentes parties de la langue sont décrites de façon précise, même si nous ne prétendons pas en 200 pages décrire toutes les formes de variation qui peuvent exister. --- The Bushinengue (or Maroon) people are steadily increasing in numbers and play an ever more important role in Guyanese society. A crucial need to understand Bushinengue languages and cultures has been evident for many years, both from within and from outside these communities. We have thus attempted to provide several keys that will facilitate the comprehension of Nenge(e). This book is above all a foundational linguistic linguistic text for those who want to know the grammar of the language, and indeed for teachers who wish to know more about the language of their own students. The different parts of speech are described precisely, though we do not make any claims to have detailed in a book of 200 pages every possible form of variation that may exist.
      481