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Between contact and internal development: Towards a multi-layered explanation for the development of the TMA system in the creoles of Suriname
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Date Issued
2008-08
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Abstract
This paper proposes a new analysis of the formation of the TMA system of the Surinamese Maroon Creoles based on a wide range of both contemporary and historical sources. The paper first provides a brief synopsis of the socio-historical context in which the Creoles of Suriname emerged and developed, and a broad overview of the TMA systems of those Creoles and of varieties of Gbe. It then discusses four processes that were involved in the emergence of the creole TMA system: substrate influence, internal change from a substrate calque, superstrate influence, and shift of form and category correlated with innovation. The paper then concludes that Creole formation is to be considered as a gradual and multi-layered process (Arends 1993, Bruyn 1995), involving processes of language change that also operate in other so-called normal contact settings (Thomason & Kaufman 1988).
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National Science Foundation
Type of Material
Book Chapter
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John Benjamins
Language
English
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Peer reviewed
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Michaelis, M. (eds.). Roots of Creole Structure: Weighing the Contribution of Substrates and Superstrates
ISBN
9789027289964
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