Boundaries and Bridges: Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies

Preface\nTable of contents\nList of contributors\nOverview and background\nLanguage contact and change in the multilingual ecologies of the Guianas\nThe people and languages of Suriname\nCase studies\nCreole in transition: Contact with Dutch and typological change in Sranan\nThe Maroon creoles of the Guianas: Expansion, contact, and hybridization\nOut of India: Language contact and change in Sarnami (Caribbean Hindustani)\nDevelopments in Surinamese Javanese\nHakka as spoken in Suriname\nCariban in contact: New perspectives on Trio-Ndyuka pidgin\nLanguage contact in Southern Suriname: The case of Trio and Wayana\nContact-induced phenomena in Lokono (Arawakan)\nThe transformation of a colonial language: Surinamese Dutch\nComparative perspectives\nThe tense-mood-aspect systems of the languages of Suriname\nFrom grammar to meaning: Towards a framework for studying synchronic language contact\nMultilingual ecologies in the Guianas: Overview, typology, prospects\nReferences\nAuthor index\nSubject and language index