This monograph is about the chains of verbs commonly found in Creole Languages, West African languages, in particular the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo, Chinese and certain other languages and have acquired the name of 'serial verbs' in the literature. As a case study, the serial constructions of Sranan, a creole language of Surinam with an English lexical base, are examined in detail.
| ISBN: | 9789027252227 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1987 |
| Author: | Mark Sebba |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 241 pages |
| Series: | Creole Language Library |
| Genres: |
Linguistics |