The genesis of a language : the formation and development of Korlai Portuguese /
Korlai Portuguese (KP), a Portuguese-based creole only recently discovered by linguists, originated around 1520 on the west coast of India. Initially isolated from its Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, the small Korlai community lost virtually all Portuguese contact as wel...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Creole |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©1996.
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| Series: | Creole language library ;
v. 16. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Korlai Portuguese (KP), a Portuguese-based creole only recently discovered by linguists, originated around 1520 on the west coast of India. Initially isolated from its Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, the small Korlai community lost virtually all Portuguese contact as well after 1740. This volume is the first-ever comprehensive treatment of the formation, linguistic components, and rapidly changing situation of this exotic creole. The product of ten years of research, Korlai Creole Portuguese provides an exciting, in-depth diachronic look at a language that is now sh. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027276186 9027276188 1283327899 9781283327893 9786613327895 6613327891 |
| ISSN: | 0920-9026 ; |
