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Calunga and the legacy of an African language in Brazil / Steven Byrd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byrd, Steven, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Portuguese language--Dialects--Brazil--Minas Gerais.
- Portuguese language.
- Portuguese language--Dialects--Brazil--Foreign elements--African.
- Portuguese language--Brazil--African influences.
- African languages--Influence on Portuguese.
- African languages.
- Brazil--Civilization--African influences.
- Brazil.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Historical overview
- Linguistic overview
- Linguistic description
- sociolinguistic and sociohistorical considerations of Calunga
- The Calunga lexicon
- Calunga grammar.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613933720
- 9781283621274
- 1283621274
- 9780826350886
- 0826350887
- OCLC:
- 817540035
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