Encoding Transfer Events in Surinamese Javanese
La Strada magazine, vol. 12, pp. 784–822
Abstract
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.
Authors 3
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Sophie Villerius corresponding
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Radboud University Nijmegen Centre for Language Studies, The Netherlands sophievillerius@gmail.com
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Affiliation as printed
Leiden University, The Netherlands francesca.romana7@yahoo.it
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Affiliation as printed
Leiden University, The Netherlands m.a.f.klamer@hum.leidenuniv.nl
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