Marvin Kramer
List of John Benjamins publications for which Marvin Kramer plays a role.
Articles
Gradualism in the transfer of tone spread rules in Saramaccan Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends, Selbach, Rachel, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg (eds.), pp. 189–217 | Article
2009 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
3. Tone on quantifiers in Saramaccan as a transferred feature from Kikongo Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages, Huber, Magnus and Viveka Velupillai (eds.), pp. 43–66 | Article
2007 The late transfer of serial verb constructions as stylistic variants in Saramaccan creole Structure and Variation in Language Contact, Deumert, Ana and Stephanie Durrleman (eds.), pp. 337–372 | Chapter
2006 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