Grammaticalization in Seychelles Creole: the coding of reciprocity by kanmarad

Seychelles Creole (SC) is one of the few creoles with a grammaticalized reciprocity marker. The grammaticalized use of kanmarad (< Fr. camarade ‘comrade, companion’) is mentioned in the grammars of SC (Bollée 1977; Corne 1977; Choppy 2009) but its evolution and distribution in modern SC have neve...

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Main Author: Sibylle Kriegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2021-09-01
Series:Isogloss
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.es/isogloss/isogloss/article/view/149