Datapoint Early Sranan/Social variation: morphosyntax

The historical sources present ample evidence of the existence of a European variety of Sranan that differed from the variety of Sranan spoken by the enslaved (van den Berg 2007). They differed for example with regard to body-state expressions, weather expressions, comparative constructions, posessive constructions, verbs and their argument structure, etc.

Values

Widespread

Confidence:
Certain