A new look at the Portuguese element in Saramaccan

This article contains what is possibly the most accurate wordlist of Portuguese-derived items in Saramaccan (a creole language spoken in the interior of Suriname) produced so far, and attempts to establish the proportions of Portuguese – versus English-derived words – in this language. We believe th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Norval Smith, Hugo Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2004-09-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
Online Access:http://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/14