Marvin Kramer

List of John Benjamins publications for which Marvin Kramer plays a role.

Articles

Kramer, Marvin 2009 Gradualism in the transfer of tone spread rules in SaramaccanGradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends, Selbach, Rachel, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg (eds.), pp. 189–217 | Article
High tone spreads rightward in certain serial verb constructions in Saramaccan, parallel to the rightward spread of high tone in Fongbe, suggesting transfer. Saramaccan rightward spread contrasts with the default leftward spread, suggesting the independent transfer of serial verb constructions.… read more
Kramer, Marvin 2007 3. Tone on quantifiers in Saramaccan as a transferred feature from KikongoSynchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages, Huber, Magnus and Viveka Velupillai (eds.), pp. 43–66 | Article
Kramer, Marvin 2006 The late transfer of serial verb constructions as stylistic variants in Saramaccan creoleStructure and Variation in Language Contact, Deumert, Ana and Stephanie Durrleman (eds.), pp. 337–372 | Chapter
Verb serialization in Saramaccan is a transferred feature from Fongbe, where in both languages there are non-serial alternatives to serial verb constructions (SVCs).McWhorter (2002) argues that only features minimally necessary to language would transfer during creole genesis, isomorphically… read more