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Auteur(s) : Arends, Jacques (1952-2005)
Titre(s) : Language and slavery [Texte imprimé] : a social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles / Jacques Arends
Publication : Amsterdam : John Benjamins publishing company, cop. 2017
Description matérielle : XXIX-463 pages ; 25 cm
Collection : Creole Language Library, ISSN 0920-9026 ; volume 52
Lien à la collection : Creole language library
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [435]-456. Index
This posthumous work by Jacques Arends offers new insights into the emergence of the
creole languages of Suriname including Sranantongo or Suriname Plantation Creole,
Ndyuka, and Saramaccan, and the sociohistorical context in which they developed. Drawing
on a wealth of sources including little known historical texts, the author points
out the relevance of European settlements prior to colonization by the English in
1651 and concludes that the formation of the Surinamese creoles goes back further
than generally assumed. He provides an all-encompassing sociolinguistic overview of
the colony up to the mid-19th century and shows how ethnicity, language attitude,
religion and location had an effect on which languages were spoken by whom. The author
discusses creole data gleaned from the earliest sources and interprets the attested
variation. The book is completed by annotated textual data, both oral and written
and representing different genres and stages of the Surinamese creoles. It will be
of interest to linguists, historians, anthropologist, literary scholars and anyone
interested in Suriname
Sujet(s) : Langues créoles anglaises -- Suriname
Esclavage -- Suriname
Sociolinguistique -- Suriname
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789027252760. - ISBN 9027252769 (rel.). - ISBN 9789027265807 (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453189427
Notice n° :
FRBNF45318942
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