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Language Typology and Tonogenesis in Two Atlantic Creoles

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This paper provides evidence of strong typological similarities between the tonal systems of Papiamentu and Saramaccan with the systems of West African languages. These typological similarities constitute the basis for a proposal that there is a genetic affiliation between Papiamentu and Saramaccan with the Kwa and Bantu language families; an affiliation that reaches beyond the accidental lexical borrowing. Since Saramaccan has been classified as an English-based Creole, and Papiamentu as a Romance-based Creole, their similarities indicate that their substrata have a greater significance in Creole genesis than previously recognized.

Source: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society

DOI: 10.3765/bls.v28i1.3843

Author: Yolanda Rivera-Castillo

Institution: University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2507710373

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