The development of syllable structure in cape verdean creole

The paper examines syllable restructuring in the Santiago variety of Cape Verdean Creole. It is shownthat currently attested forms reflect to some extent the syllable structure in earlier stages of the language. Severalstrategies for syllable restructuring are identified and illustrated. These repai...

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Main Author: Andrei A. Avram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti 2008-01-01
Series:Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/the_development_of_syllable_structure_in_cape_verdean_creole