A Tale of Two Dialect Regions

This book traces the precise origin of the early English lexical and lexico-phonetic influences in Sranan, an English-based creole spoken in Suriname. Sranan contains'fossilised'linguistic remnants of an early English colonial period. The book discusses whether Sranan's English influence(s) originat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sherriah, André
Format: Book
Published: Language Science Press 2019
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