The origin of predicate reduplication in the Suriname Eastern Maroon Creole
Résumé
The present study attempts to determine the origin of two types ofpredicate reduplication which I will refer to as approximative (1) and stative reduplication (2) in the Suriname Eastern Maroon Creole (EM°. It focuses on describing and comparing their structure and functions in EM
and its primary substrate, the Gbe group of languages to determine the impact of the substrate on the emergence of these two types of reduplication in EM.
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