Substratal Influence on the Morphosyntactic Properties of Krio

The morphosyntactic development of Atlantic creoles, including Krio, an English-based creole in Sierra Leone, is a highly debated issue, with the controversy centering on the extent of the influence of the properties of substrate West African languages, if any, on the development of Krio morphosynta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malcolm Awadajin Finney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2004-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
Subjects:
Twi
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.266