Origins of a Creole : : The History of Papiamentu and Its African Ties / / Bart Jacobs.
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, pu...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012] ©2012 |
Year of Publication: | 2012 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (387 p.) :; 4 Maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Critical review of the literature on the origins of Papiamentu
- Chapter 2. Phonology
- Chapter 3. Selected parts of speech
- Chapter 4. Morphology
- Chapter 5. Verbal system
- Chapter 6. Summary and interim analysis of the linguistic results
- Chapter 7. The historical ties between Upper Guinea and Curaçao
- Chapter 8. Discussion:The development from Upper Guinea PC to Papiamentu
- Chapter 9. Conclusions
- Appendices
- References
- Index