Encoding Transfer Events in Surinamese Javanese

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ID20257971
AuthorsSophie Villerius (corresponding author), Francesca R Moro (0000-0001-9504-7642, corresponding author), Francesca Moro, Marian Klamer (0000-0002-2905-7161, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume12
Issue3
Pages784-822
Publication date2020-01-28
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Language Contact (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1955-2629 • E-ISSN: 1877-4091
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/19552629-01203007
OpenAlexW3005265141
LanguageEN
References cited12

This paper examines the influence of language contact and multilingualism on the encoding of transfer events in the heritage variety of Javanese spoken in Suriname. Alongside Javanese, this community also speaks Sranantongo and Dutch, of which Sranantongo had the longest contact history with Javanese. It is shown that this long period of contact had a structural influence on the expression of transfer events in Surinamese Javanese: Surinamese speakers use double object constructions and two-predicate constructions more frequently than homeland Javanese speakers, a change which we argue to be due to contact with Sranantongo. In addition, Surinamese Javanese speakers overgeneralize one of the two applicative suffixes found in transfer constructions, a phenomenon that results from simplification processes

Epistemology · Homeland · Language contact · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Law · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence

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