African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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281 p, This book challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists, it proposes that the "limited access model" of Creole genesis is seriously flawed. (Amazon.com)
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.
