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Malacca Portuguese Creole

Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 2019
Malacca Portuguese Creole (MPC) (ISO 639-3; code: mcm), popularly known as Malacca Portuguese or locally as (Papiá) Cristang, belongs to the group of Portuguese-lexified creoles of (South)east Asia, which includes the extinct varieties of Batavia/Tugu (Maurer 2013) and Bidau, East Timor (Baxter 1990), and the moribund variety of Macau (Baxter 2009 ...
Stefanie Pillai, Alan N. Baxter, Wen-Yi Soh   +2 more
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Adjective phrase fronting in the Malacca Creole Portuguese noun phrase

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2023
Abstract This paper is concerned with the grammar and origins of a focusing rule in Malacca Creole Portuguese, (MCP) whereby an adjectival phrase (AdjP) may be extracted from the right branch of a noun phrase and fronted to a position prior to the determiner.
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Malacca Portuguese intangible cultural heritage: An approach to cultural mapping

2020
For five centuries the Malacca Portuguese community have maintained a unique intangible cultural heritage comprising oral traditions, expressions, arts, social practices, rituals, festivities, and knowledge regarding nature. However, at present, most of the traditional culture is vanishing at an unprecedented rate and is on the brink of being lost.
Bruno Capão Rego, Joana Cerqueira Bastos, Dyah N.A. Janie   +2 more
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Malacca Creole Portuguese in the 19th century

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2018
AbstractEarlier linguistic research suggested that Malacca Creole Portuguese (MCP) had existed without diglossia with Portuguese ever since the Dutch conquest of Portuguese Malacca in 1642, yet it had experienced some contact with Portuguese in the 19th and 20th centuries. The present study adds significantly to this discussion. It considers a range of
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Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese) -- A long-time survivor seriously endangered

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2005
This article discusses the survival of Malacca Creole Portuguese from the 16th to the 2 0t h centuries, focusing on present endangerment. It first identifies key sociohistorical factors leading to linguistic continuity in the early centuries and describes the central domains facilitating the maintenance of a Kristang-speaking community until recently ...
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Graphic Elements in the Portuguese Cartography of Malacca

2015
This research was conducted in order to identify the roles of graphic elements applied in the Portuguese maps during their colonization in Malacca. The maps during the Portuguese era have been divided into three (3) phases – Phase 1 (fourteenth century), Phase 2 (fifteenth century), and Phase 3 (sixteenth century).
Wan Juliana Emeih Wahed, Mursyidah Zainal Abidin, Wan Samiati Andriana Wan Mohd Daud   +2 more
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A dictionary of Kristang (Malacca Creole Portuguese) English

2015
Contents vAcknowledgements iiIntroduction iiiAbbreviations ixReferences xKristang - English dictionary 1English - Kristang finder list ...
Baxter, Alan (Ed.), De Silva, Patrick (Ed.)   +1 more
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Vestiges of etymological gender in Malacca Creole Portuguese

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages, 2010
This paper is concerned with the nature of etymological gender inflection in Malacca Creole Portuguese and its place in the diachrony of the language. The discussion considers pairs of items with etymological gender inflection and human referents.
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Family language policy and heritage language maintenance of Malacca Portuguese Creole

Language & Communication, 2014
Abstract One of the key drivers for maintaining the use of a heritage language is its use in the family domain. Within this context, this paper examines the role of family language policy (FLP) in relation to an endangered language, Malacca Portuguese Creole (MPC).
Stefanie Pillai, Wen-Yi Soh, Angela S. Kajita   +2 more
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Portuguese History of Malacca

1886
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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