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Conference Paper: Kindred spirits? An investigation into convergence between Sarnami and Sranan in Suriname
| Title | Kindred spirits? An investigation into convergence between Sarnami and Sranan in Suriname |
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| Issue Date | 2010 |
| Publisher | Society for Caribbean Linguistics. |
| Citation | The 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL 2010), Bridgetown, Barbados, 9-13 August 2010, In Abstracts and Profiles, 2010, p. 80 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Suriname is known among creolists for an unusually high number of Creole languages, amongst them Sranan and the numerous Maroon Creoles, notably Saramaka and Ndyuka. However, Suriname is characterised by an even more complex contact scenario which involves multiple convergence processes. This process appears to be driven by the emergence of Sranan as a multi-ethnic vernacular diasystem (cf. eg. Charry et al. 1983) and is fed into by various overlapping and mutually reinforcing contact processes. Sarnami, the community language of the Indian-descended population of Suriname is a cornerstone in this contact scenario (cf. Marhé 1985). While it has retained its status as a primarily ... |
| Description | Conference Theme: Caribbean Languages and Popular Culture Session 7: Panel 7B - Syntax 1: no. 42 |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210006 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Yakpo, K | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-18T03:40:44Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-18T03:40:44Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 18th Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics (SCL 2010), Bridgetown, Barbados, 9-13 August 2010, In Abstracts and Profiles, 2010, p. 80 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/210006 | - |
| dc.description | Conference Theme: Caribbean Languages and Popular Culture | - |
| dc.description | Session 7: Panel 7B - Syntax 1: no. 42 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Suriname is known among creolists for an unusually high number of Creole languages, amongst them Sranan and the numerous Maroon Creoles, notably Saramaka and Ndyuka. However, Suriname is characterised by an even more complex contact scenario which involves multiple convergence processes. This process appears to be driven by the emergence of Sranan as a multi-ethnic vernacular diasystem (cf. eg. Charry et al. 1983) and is fed into by various overlapping and mutually reinforcing contact processes. Sarnami, the community language of the Indian-descended population of Suriname is a cornerstone in this contact scenario (cf. Marhé 1985). While it has retained its status as a primarily ... | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | Society for Caribbean Linguistics. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Biennial Conference of the Society for Caribbean Linguistics, SCL 2010 | - |
| dc.title | Kindred spirits? An investigation into convergence between Sarnami and Sranan in Suriname | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Yakpo, K: kofi@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Yakpo, K=rp01715 | - |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 242546 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 80 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 80 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Barbados | - |