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On the (African) origins of Palenquero subject pronouns
Diachronica, 2002Summary A principal aim of this paper is to show that (1) the Palenquero (Colombia) pronominal system in toto needs to be revised in the direction of greater Africanicity, and (2) speakers of Kikongo must have played a dominant role in the formation of Palenquero.
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2019
Abstract The aim of this chapter is to examine the structural and contextual distribution of address pronouns in Palenquero (henceforth PAL), a Spanish-based Creole spoken in Colombia. Following up on seminal studies by Schwegler (1993, 2002) and using Lambrecht’s (1994) Information Structure theory, it brings to the fore previously overlooked ...
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Abstract The aim of this chapter is to examine the structural and contextual distribution of address pronouns in Palenquero (henceforth PAL), a Spanish-based Creole spoken in Colombia. Following up on seminal studies by Schwegler (1993, 2002) and using Lambrecht’s (1994) Information Structure theory, it brings to the fore previously overlooked ...
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Accounting for the instability of Palenquero voiced stops
Lingua, 2003Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the patterns exhibited by Palenquero voiced stops, which reveals that there is a close connection between spirantization, prenasalization, flapping, and lateralization as they are articulatory maneuvers that a language may use to reduce the effort cost of implementing underlying voiced stops. Spirantization,
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2007
The present article argues that the traditional accounts of Palenquero's article system are fundamentally flawed. Schwegler's revisionist analysis is largely based on data he had collected in situ, but also relies on Moñino (in press), who similarly questions the traditional accounts of the Palenquero article system. Mo ñ ino and Schwegler have reached
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The present article argues that the traditional accounts of Palenquero's article system are fundamentally flawed. Schwegler's revisionist analysis is largely based on data he had collected in situ, but also relies on Moñino (in press), who similarly questions the traditional accounts of the Palenquero article system. Mo ñ ino and Schwegler have reached
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(It-)clefts in Palenquero Creole and the specificational copula
2023Palenquero Creole is a Caribbean Spanish-based creole spoken in San Basilio de Palenque (Colombia). It presents four overtly expressed copula forms: ta (lexically from Sp. estar) a locative copula; the forms é (or era) and sendá, which occur with both individual-level adjectival predicates and nominal predicates; and jue (lexically from Sp. < fue),
Mara Marsella, Laura Tramutoli
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Past, present, and future of Palenquero creole
2017Abstract This article examines the current usage of the creole language of Palenque. To properly contextualize the topic in time and space, the study presents various aspects of Palenquero language and culture, linking them with the history and language use of other Afro-Colombian communities.
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The copula sendá in the revitalization of Palenquero Creole
Journal of Pidgin and Creole LanguagesAbstract This study provides a first description of the distribution of the copular items of the Spanish-lexified Creole Palenquero (San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia). Notably, besides the descriptions of the occurrence of the oppositional couple ta /
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Language Revitalization as L2 Shadow Boxing: The Case of Palenquero Plural-Marking
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021John M. Lipski
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