The basic locative construction in Gbe languages and Surinamese creoles

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-267

  Essegbey, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adposition; Basic locative construction; Figure; Gbe; Ground; Relation; Search domain; Substrate; Superstrate; Suriname

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144492064     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.20.2.02ess     Document Type: Article

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