
Surviving the Middle Passage
The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
Published on 5. March 2015
Book
Mixed media product
X, 532 pages
978-3-11-034398-4 (ISBN)
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Description
The relation between the Surinam Creoles and the languages of West Africa, where slaves who created the creoles originated, has been hotly debated. This book argues that the close relationship can be viewed in terms of a Trans Atlantic Sprachbund. It brings in new historical and linguistic evidence for an extremely close relationship between the creoles, the Gbe languages, and Kikongo, where bilingual practices led to new language forms.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
Includes a print version and an ebook
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-11-034398-4 (9783110343984)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Pieter Muysken, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Norval Smith, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.