Chapter 12 The tense-mood-aspect systems of the languages of Suriname

• Main Author: Borges, Robert (auth)
• Other Authors: Muysken, Pieter (auth), Villerius, Sophie (auth), Yakpo, Kofi (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2017
• Subjects: linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Language Contact; Creoles; Bilingualism; Language Change.
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

This chapter deals with tense, mood, and aspect (TMA) marking in the languages of Suriname, focusing on the stability of forms, meanings, and structural pat-terns. Despite its prominent position in the creolization debate and occasional mentions in the literature on linguistic areas, studies on TMA...