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Equative copula) have been found to originate from this kind of ‘secondary construction’ in the superstrate and/or the substrate (Migge 2002). Lefebvre’s account explicitly acknowledges that French secondary constructions were involved in the emergence of the (lexical form of the) Haitian TMA markers but she does not discuss such constructions for Fongbe or Haitian. A possible second shortcoming to Lefebvre’s account is that she does not consider diachronic data. 2 The present paper attempts to shed light on the origin of creole TMA systems by investigating the emergence of two subsystems of modality in the creoles of Suriname.

A possible second shortcoming to Lefebvre’s account is that she does not consider diachronic data. 2 The present paper attempts to shed light on the origin of creole TMA systems by investigating the emergence of two subsystems of modality in the creoles of Suriname. The investigation is based on a comparative linguistic analysis of modality in three maroon creoles and six Gbe varieties, and on a preliminary investigation of early historical documents (Goury 2003). The aim is to determine the role of the Gbe languages in the formation of these creoles and to show how input from both European and African sources, aided by universal principles of contact-induced change and language-internal change, shaped the grammar of these creoles.

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