The common African lexical core of the Upper Guinea Creoles and its historical significance

The common African lexical core of the Upper Guinea Creoles and its historical significance

n this paper, we scrutinize and compare the African lexical elements shared by several varieties of Upper Guinea Portuguese Creoles, belonging to the three branches of this group: (i) Continental (Bissau, Cacheu, Casamance, and Geba), (ii) Insular (Fogo and Santiago), and (iii) ABC islands (Curaç...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Quint, Karina Moreira Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles
Subjects:
african substrate
lexicon
comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
reconstruction
upper guinea portuguese creoles
Online Access:http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-9-2019/the-common-african-lexical-core-of-the-upper-guinea-creoles

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