Irrealis in sranan: Mood and modality in a radical creole

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-125

  Winford, Donald ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deontic versus epistemic modality; Futurity versus modality; Mood and modality; Sranan Tongo; Subordinating moods; Surinamese creoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989392693     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.15.1.04win     Document Type: Article

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