OLAC Record oai:sil.org:48673

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Title:		The African lexical contribution to Ndyuka, Saramaccan, and other creoles: Implications for how creoles develop
Abstract:		The paper asks four kinds of questions about substrate lexical contributions to Ndyuka, a creole language of Suriname, with some reference to Saramaccan and other creoles: 1. In what semantic domains are substrate lexemes most numerous? 2. Within a given semantic domain, which lexemes tend to come from substrate sources, and which from superstrate (and from adstrate)? 3. Comparing form classes (parts of speech) within a language, are the substrate items evenly distributed, or do they tend to predominate in, for example, nouns, while entirely absent among adpositions? 4. Of all the substrate lexemes within a given domain in a particular creole, which ones come from which substrate? Answers to these questions enhance our understand of creolization, other types of contact-induced language change, the specific historical, sociological and interlinguistic situations of particular creole-speaking communities, first and second language acquisition, and the relation between language and culture.
Contributor (author):		Huttar, George L.
Date:		1968-2002
Description (URI):		http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/48673
Extent:		p. 215-229
Identifier (URI):		http://www.sil.org/resources/archives/48673
Language:		English
Language (ISO639):		eng
Subject:		Chavacano language
		Eastern Maroon Creole language
		Fon language
		Saramaccan language
		Tok Pisin language
		Twi language
		creoles; semantics; contact languages; semantic domains; substrate; superstrate; adstrate; form classes; basic vocabulary; Atlantic slave trade; generic lexemes; specific lexemes
Subject (ISO639):		cbk
		djk
		fon
		srm
		tpi
		twi
Type (DCMI):		Text
Type (OLAC):		lexicon
		language_description
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OaiIdentifier:		oai:sil.org:48673
DateStamp:		2013-04-27
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Citation:		Huttar, George L. 1968-2002. SIL Language and Culture Archives.
Terms:		area_Africa area_Americas area_Asia area_Europe area_Pacific country_BJ country_GB country_PG country_PH country_SR dcmi_Text iso639_cbk iso639_djk iso639_eng iso639_fon iso639_srm iso639_tpi iso639_twi olac_language_description olac_lexicon
Inferred Metadata
Country:		BeninPapua New GuineaPhilippinesSuriname
Area:		AfricaAmericasAsiaPacific