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Author : John T. Schneider
Release : 1991
Genre : African languages
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Book Synopsis Dictionary of African Borrowings in Brazilian Portuguese by : John T. Schneider
Download or read book Dictionary of African Borrowings in Brazilian Portuguese written by John T. Schneider. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sergio Baldi
Release : 2023-10-16
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 780/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa by : Sergio Baldi
Download or read book Dictionary of Portuguese Loanwords in the Languages of Sub-Saharan Africa written by Sergio Baldi. This book was released on 2023-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this dictionary is twofold. On the one hand, it provides the scholar of African studies with a tool to identify the possible Portuguese origin of terms present in African languages and, on the other, it offers those who are interested in Portuguese culture an overview of the presence of its lexicon in African languages. No doubt the Portuguese were among the first Europeans to explore the world outside of Europe, and as such they were also the first to introduce that world to European concepts and words.This book is the result of a long and detailed work on texts in African languages, as also shown by the rich bibliography in the dictionary.
Author : Bobby J. Chamberlain
Release : 1983
Genre : Foreign Language Study
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 448/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A dictionary of informal Brazilian Portuguese by : Bobby J. Chamberlain
Download or read book A dictionary of informal Brazilian Portuguese written by Bobby J. Chamberlain. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a paperback release of a 1983 hardcover dictionary.
Author : Laura Álvarez López
Release : 2018-11-22
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 183/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil by : Laura Álvarez López
Download or read book The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil written by Laura Álvarez López. This book was released on 2018-11-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Portuguese Language Continuum in Africa and Brazil is the first publication in English to offer studies on a whole set of varieties of Portuguese in Africa as well as Brazilian Portuguese. Authored by specialists on varieties of Portuguese in Africa and Brazil, the eleven chapters and the epilogue promote a dialogue between researchers interested in their genesis, sociohistories and linguistic properties. Most chapters directly address the idea of a continuum of Portuguese derived from parallel sociohistorical and linguistic factors in Africa and Brazil, due to the colonial expansion of the language to new multilingual settings. The volume contributes to the understanding of structural properties that are often shared by several varieties in this continuum, and describes the various situations and domains of language use as well as sociocultural contexts where they have emerged and where they are being used. As of 26 July 2021, the ebook edition is Open Access under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Author : Steven Byrd
Release : 2012-11-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 887/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Calunga and the Legacy of an African Language in Brazil by : Steven Byrd
Download or read book Calunga and the Legacy of an African Language in Brazil written by Steven Byrd. This book was released on 2012-11-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although millions of slaves were forcibly transported from Africa to Brazil, the languages the slaves brought with them remain little known. Most studies have focused on African contributions to Brazilian Portuguese rather than on the African languages themselves. This book is unusual in focusing on an African-descended language. The author describes and analyzes the Afro- Brazilian speech community of Calunga, in Minas Gerais. Linguistically descended from West African Bantu, Calunga is an endangered Afro-Brazilian language spoken by a few hundred older Afro-Brazilian men, who use it only for specific, secret communications. Unlike most creole languages, which are based largely on the vocabulary of the colonial language, Calunga has a large proportion of African vocabulary items embedded in an essentially Portuguese grammar. A hyrid language, its formation can be seen as a form of cultural resistance. Steven Byrd’s study provides a comprehensive linguistic description of Calunga based on two years of interviews with speakers of the language. He examines its history and historical context as well as its linguistic context, its sociolinguistic profile, and its lexical and grammatical outlines.
