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Iconicity as the motivation for morphophonological metathesis and truncation in Nigerian Pidgin
Open LinguisticsWe present evidence for iconicity as the motivation for two patterns of morphophonological alternation in Nigerian Pidgin, also known as Naijá. To express an ‘unconventional positive’ in all varieties of Naijá, some nouns with the tone melodies H-L and L-
Akinbo Samuel Kayode +1 more
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Substratal Influence on the Morphosyntactic Properties of Krio
Linguistic Discovery, 2004 The morphosyntactic development of Atlantic creoles, including Krio, an English-based creole in Sierra Leone, is a highly debated issue, with the controversy centering on the extent of the influence of the properties of substrate West African languages ...
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract English learners (ELs) in US K–12 schools face systemic barriers that constrain their college and career readiness. Although research has richly documented ELs' limited opportunities to learn in high school and barriers to postsecondary education, much less is known about how late‐arriving ELs move from high school to community college (CC ...
Kuang Li, Yasuko Kanno
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Homelessness et homeboundness dans les nouvelles de deux écrivaines jamaïcaines
Amerika, 2015 Migration is the founding act of contemporary Caribbean peoples and cultures, born through the forced migrations of the middle passage, the first movement of mass migration which has forever changed the history of these islands, and of the world.
Giuseppe Sofo
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Although a substantial body of research documents the problem of course tracking for students classified as English learners (ELs), very little work has addressed the notably different challenges that subgroups of ELs face across different state policy contexts.
Kristin E. Black +7 more
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Skepi Dutch Creole : the Youd papers
, 2020 In this article we present newly found lexical and grammatical data pertaining to Skepi, the Dutch-lexified creole which is now extinct but was once widespread in the Essequibo area of what is today the Republic of Guyana. The source of this new material
Jacobs, Bart +2 more
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Indigeneity behind the Scenes: Invasion and Kriolisation
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2015 This paper seeks to explore the relations between Indigenous and Creole modes of existence and political situations. It combines a theoretical and ethnographic approach to explore the Aboriginal concept of “law and culture” as it emerged in the Kimberley
Martin Préaud
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History, EarlyView.Abstract After the vicissitudes of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), the consolidation of the Bourbon Monarchy in early eighteenth‐century Spain allowed Philip V's ministry to implement the so‐called Nueva Planta in his various kingdoms and lordships of the Crown of Aragon, but also in Castile.
Roberto Quirós Rosado
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indo‐Caribbean groups, who settled in the Caribbean via the colonial system of Indian indentured labour, have long been marginal in discussions of diaspora and Caribbeanness. This paper explores how Indo‐Guadeloupeans—from Guadeloupe, a current French overseas territory—articulate post‐indenture identities by developing two interrelated ...
Manuela Latchoumaya
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La littérature francophone créole : une exploration des identités culturelles et linguistiques à travers l'écriture [PDF]
AkofenaRésumé: La littérature francophone créole occupe une place singulière et vitale dans le panorama littéraire contemporain. Fruit d'une rencontre entre la langue française et les différentes variétés du créole, cette forme d'expression artistique incarne l'
Ibtissam KHALDI NOUALI
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