The origin of the syntax and semantics of property items in the Surinamese Plantation Creole

Bettina Migge (1)

1 SeDyL - Structure et Dynamique des Langues

This paper examines the area of attributive predication and its emergence and development in the Creoles of Suriname focusing on the Eastern Maroon Creoles. The paper shows strong parallels between patterns of predication in the creoles and Gbe suggesting that the former were modeled on the latter. However, they are not a direct copy due to influence from other sources.

Mots clés: adjectives; verbs; substrate influence; Creoles of Suriname and French Guiana

Mots clés: adjectifs; verbes; substrat africain; créoles du Surinam et de Guyane

Domaines: Linguistique

Bettina Migge. The origin of the syntax and semantics of property items in the Surinamese Plantation Creole. Migge, B. Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles , John Benjamins, pp.201-234, 2000. ⟨hal-01498543⟩