Variation in creole languages: insights from a Swadesh list
The purpose of this paper is to show that the use of Swadesh lists in language documentation can bring to light the complex and multilayered variation that exists in archipelago settings. The Swadesh list under study reveals that the traditional divide between acrolect and basilect on the one hand a...
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| Language: | English |
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Associação de Crioulos de Base Lexical Portuguesa e Espanhola
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Journal of Ibero-Romance Creoles |
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| Online Access: | http://www.acblpe.com/revista/volume-9-2019/variation-in-creole-languages-insights-from-a-swadesh-list |