Calunga and the legacy of an African language in Brazil [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Byrd
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| Autore: |
Byrd Steven <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Calunga and the legacy of an African language in Brazil [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Byrd
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 469.7/98151 |
| Soggetto topico: | Portuguese language - Dialects - Brazil - Minas Gerais |
| Portuguese language - Dialects - Brazil - Foreign elements - African | |
| Portuguese language - Brazil - African influences | |
| African languages - Influence on Portuguese | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Brazil Civilization African influences |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Historical overview -- Linguistic overview -- Linguistic description -- sociolinguistic and sociohistorical considerations of Calunga -- The Calunga lexicon -- Calunga grammar. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Calunga and the legacy of an African language in Brazil |
| ISBN: | 1-283-62127-4 |
| 9786613933720 | |
| 0-8263-5088-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818952103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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