Origins of a Creole: The History of Papiamentu and Its African Ties

by Bart Jacobs

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This study embarks on the intriguing quest for the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu. In the literature on the issue, widely diverging hypotheses have been advanced, but scholars have not come close to a consensus. The present study casts new and long-lasting light on the issue, putting forward compelling interdisciplinary evidence that Papiamentu is genetically related to the Portuguese-based creoles of the Cape Verde Islands,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:161451142X

ISBN13:9781614511427

Release Date:May 2012

Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton

Length:401 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Fiction Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Language Arts

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