Published January 1, 2017 | Version v1
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Multilingual ecologies in the Guianas: Overview, typology, prospects

  • 1. The University of Hong Kong
  • 2. Radboud University Nijmegen

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This book sketches the multilingual ecologies of the different language groups that have interacted in Suriname and across the Guianas. These groups have maintained a part of the boundaries demarcating their separate identities, and at the same time they show a tendency to cross bridges, metaphorically speaking, in their multilingual practices. Our initial question was which contact-induced changes occurred in the languages of Suriname and how these changes can be explained.

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Book: 10.1515/9781614514886 (DOI)