LL-L "Morphology" 2004.03.03 (04) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Morphology

Oops!  Corrections:

> Standard Afrikaans (which has -0 suffixes throughout):
> Root:  /sii-/
> Infinitive:  sien
> 1st sg.: ek sien
> 1st pl.:  wy sien
> Imperative: sien!

This should have been:

Root: (/sii-n-/ >) /siin-/ sien 'to see', sien! 'see!'

As in the other cases:

Root: (/gaa-n-/ >) /gaan-/ gaan 'to go', 'go!'
Root: (/staa-n-/ >) /staan-/ staan 'to stand', 'stand!'
Root: (/duu-n-/ >) /duun-/ doen 'to do', 'do!'

Cf. Standard Dutch:

Root: /zii- at n/ sien 'to see', /zii-0/ zie! 'see!'
Root: /gaa- at n/ gaan 'to go', /gaa-0/ ga! 'go!'
Root: /staa- at n/ staan 'to stand', /staa-0/ sta! 'stand!'
Root: /duu- at n-/ doen 'to do', /duu-0/ doe! 'do!'

What about Zeelandic (Zeeuws) and Western Flemish?

Since Afrikaans has this trait, I wonder if the "seeds" for this were
inherited from Zeelandic (Zeeuws).  I further wonder if this can be
corroborated by means of data from Dutch-, or rather Zeelandic-based creoles
like Skepi/Essequibo/Rupununi (Guayana), Berbice (Guayana), Petjoh/Pecok
(Java, Indonesia) and Virgin Islands Creole ("Negerhollands," "Negerzeeuws,"
U.S. Virgin Islands, formerly Danish West Indies).

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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