The Iberian challenge : creole languages beyond the plantation setting /
"Creole languages lexified by Spanish and Portuguese have played a relatively small role in theories of creole genesis, and as a result the histories of vernaculars such as Palenquero, Papiamentu, Cape Verdean Creole, and the Gulf of Guinea creoles (e.g., São Tomense or Annobonese) have typical...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Madrid : Frankfurt am Main :
Iberoamericana Editorial ; Vervuert Verlag,
2016
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| Series: | Lengua y sociedad en el mundo hispánico ;
36. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Creole languages lexified by Spanish and Portuguese have played a relatively small role in theories of creole genesis, and as a result the histories of vernaculars such as Palenquero, Papiamentu, Cape Verdean Creole, and the Gulf of Guinea creoles (e.g., São Tomense or Annobonese) have typically been considered distinct evolutionary events. In contrast, English and French-based creoles (e.g., Hawaiian Pidgin English or Haitian French), formerly spoken on large-scale plantations, have always been viewed as the "default" or prototypical kind. This volume takes issue with this traditional view by arguing that there is no a priori reason to give plantation creoles this preferential treatment. As the ten articles assembled here show, the plantation scenario is only one of many a realization that poses special challenges to theories of creole genesis that seek to be maximally comprehensive. Overall, Iberian-based creoles thus demonstrate a diversity of complex circumstances that any overarching theory of creole genesis ought to take into account."--P. [4] of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "XIX Hispanistentag (Münster, Germany, March 20-24, 2013) ... special session on "Spanish and Portuguese in Contact with Other Languages", which served as inspiration for this volume"--P. [7]. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783954878949 3954878941 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed August 1, 2019). |
