Saramaccan, a very mixed language: Systematicity in the distribution of function words?

Saramaccan, a very mixed language: Systematicity in the distribution of function words?

Saramaccan is the descendant of a mixed creole language formerly spoken on Portuguese Jewish-owned plantations in Surinam, South America. Its mixed nature reveals itself in roughly equal numbers of monomorphemic English-derived and Portuguese-derived lexical items. In terms of function words, howeve...

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Main Author: Norval Smith
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade do Porto 2012-01-01
Series:Linguística
Subjects:
Saramaccan
Portuguese
function words
place
maroons
slavery
Online Access:http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/10745.pdf

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