TY  - BOOK
ED  - Muysken, Pieter C.
ED  - Smith, Norval
AB  - The relation between the Surinam Creoles and the languages of West Africa, where slaves who created the creoles originated, has been hotly debated. This book argues that the close relationship can be viewed in terms of a Trans Atlantic Sprachbund. It brings in new historical and linguistic evidence for an extremely close relationship between the creoles, the Gbe languages, and Kikongo, where bilingual practices led to new language forms.
DO  - 10.1515/9783110343977
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1005469
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1135848283
KW  - Trans Atlantic Sprachbund
KW  - African Diaspora
KW  - Middle Passage
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/47f3e947-8fee-450f-90cf-1d0c81262430/1005469.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24642
PB  - De Gruyter
PY  - 2014
SN  - 9783110555424; 9783110394993
TI  - Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbundnull
ER  - 
