African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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387 p., Focuses on the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu. Argues that Papiamentu is genetically related to the Portuguese-based creoles of the Cape Verde Islands, Guinea-Bissau, and Casamance (Senegal). Following the trans-Atlantic transfer of native speakers to Curaçao in the latter half of the 17th century, the Portuguese-based proto-variety underwent a far-reaching process of relexification towards Spanish, affecting the basic vocabulary while leaving intact the original phonology, morphology, and syntax.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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261 p, Contents: Language. Pidgins and Creoles ; Papiamentu : a look at the language -- Slavery. Slavery and Africa ; Spanish discovery and rule of the ABC Islands ; The emergence of the Dutch ; Dutch slavery on the ABC Islands ; Revolts and emancipation ; The formation of Papiamentu : how did it happen? ; The Sephardic Jews of Curacao ; The role of the church ; Papiamentu vs. Dutch : society, education and law ; Oral tradition ; The written word ; The issue of standardization -- Present and future. Papiamentu in the Netherlands ; The present-day situation and the future
