The Upper Guinea origins of Papiamentu

Jacobs, B.

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“…This synchronic analysis will be complemented with a diachronic section where we link the morpho-syntactic properties under examination to a likely source: the language of the original Portuguese settlers who took refuge in Santiago in the late 1400s (Green 2006;Jacobs 2009Jacobs , 2010Jacobs , 2012. Both Green (2006) and Jacobs (2009) highlight the role Sephardic Jews played in the early days of creolisation in Cape Verde. We explore in this paper whether it is possible to detect traces of the 15th and 16th century Portuguese language that Portuguese settlers and possibly among them the Portuguese Jewry spoke when the island of Santiago was first settled.…”

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Continuum and variation in Creoles

Baptista

2015

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This paper focuses on the two most distinct varieties of Cape Verdean Creole spoken on the islands of Santiago and São Vicente. These two varieties are consistently viewed as being in opposition to each other on historical, linguistic, political and cultural grounds. This paper examines the historical and linguistic aspects of this particular case. Historically, the island of Santiago was settled in 1461 and the island of São Vicente most likely around 1894 (Andrade, 1996), more than 400 years later. Linguistically, for the past 120 years (Brito, 1888), these two varieties have been traditionally described as being at opposite sides of the creole continuum, the Santiago variety, the oldest of the two, being portrayed as basilectal and the São Vicente variety, of more recent origins, as acrolectal. Focusing on the Tense Mood Aspect markers of these two varieties, the synchronic examination highlights their similarities and differences. The diachronic analysis explores the etymological origins of these forms and the developmental process that they have undergone and reveals that the traces of the founding languages may still be readily detectable in the Santiago variety. Finally, our findings invite us to revisit how these two varieties have been characterized for the past 120 years as being representative of a basilect (Santiago) and an acrolect (São Vicente) on the creole continuum. We show that such a characterization should be much more nuanced.

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“…In addition, we will consider observations made in prior works (Teyssier 1959;Jacobs 2009Jacobs , 2012 among others) regarding the diachronic imprint those varieties of Portuguese may have left on the Santiago variety.…”

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“…Historical links between the Luso-Creole language varieties in Guinea-Bissau, the Casamance and Cape Verde, and between Upper Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea islands and the Caribbean (Martinus 1996;Jacobs 2009) are not disputed, but early connections between the Upper Guinea Coast and Asia (cf. Kohl 2011c; cf.…”

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The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective

Knörr¹,

Kohl²

2016

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Th e objective of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology is to advance anthropological fi eldwork and enhance theory building. 'Integration' and 'confl ict', the central themes of this series, are major concerns of the contemporary social sciences and of signifi cant interest to the general public. Th ey have also been among the main research areas of the institute since its foundation. Bringing together international experts, Integration and Confl ict Studies includes both monographs and edited volumes, and off ers a forum for studies that contribute to a better understanding of processes of identifi cation and inter-group relations. All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission of the publisher. Volume 1 How Enemies are Made: Towards a Th eory of Ethnic and Religious Confl icts Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Knörr, Jacqueline, 1960-editor. | Kohl, Christoph, editor. In MemoriamTh is book is dedicated to the memory of Christian Kordt Højbjerg (1961Højbjerg ( -2014.Christian was an associate professor at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) and a long-time member of the research group 'Integration and Confl ict along the Upper Guinea Coast' at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany.After studying at the University of Aarhus, Christian did graduate work at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales before obtaining his Ph.D. and his Habilitation in anthropology at the University of Copenhagen. His areas of specialization included Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire and Mauritius. He published extensively on a range of subjects, including historical memory, ritual and social organization, confl ict and emergent political orders, identity and diff erence, and the role of refl exivity in shaping both social change and theoretical change.Th roughout his work, Christian demonstrated mastery of many skills: he was a dedicated ethnographer, a critical and in-depth analyst, an inspirational teacher, a compassionate man and a fi ne scholar with an open and active mind. As a member of our research group, Christian made a great and valuable contribution to our work. We have lost a wonderful friend and colleague whom we will miss and keep in our hearts and minds as an inspiration for our lives and research.On behalf of all contributors to this book and the members, associates and friends of the Research Group 'Integration and Confl ict along the Upper Guinea Coast' at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, List of Maps and Figures Maps Rio Pongo 23 Border of Liberia and Guinea 260Figures 6.1 (1) Internal migration routes and internal migration incentives; (2) irregular migration ship/zodiac routes from West Africa. 122 6.2Tentative inclusion...

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“…Supporters of monogenesis models quite consistently put Papiamentu forward as a prime example of the di usion and subsequent relexi cation of the alleged Portuguese-based proto-variety. At present, very few (if any) linguists still subscribe to creole monogenesis, but the speci c view that Papiamentu is genetically related to the Portuguese-based creole of the Cape Verde Islands has received renewed attention particularly in the works of Martinus (1996), Quint (2000), and Jacobs (2009Jacobs ( , 2012a, and is increasingly nding resonance in the literature (e.g. Clements 2012;McWhorter 2012).…”

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The discovery, nature, and implications of a Papiamentu text fragment from 1783

Jacobs

Wal

2015

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In this paper, we discuss the recent discovery of four letters written in 1783, one of which is written fully in Papiamentu, the other three comprising Papiamentu fragments. e data in these constitute one of the earliest written attestations of Papiamentu. We rst provide a brief overview of the earliest attestations of Papiamentu and then present the Letters as Loot research programme, to which we owe the discovery of the 1783 letters. Following this, the article discusses the contents of the letters and the socio-historical context in which they were written. To close, we discuss the value of this new source for Papiamentu studies.

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The Upper Guinea origins of Papiamentu

Cited by 84 publications

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Continuum and variation in Creoles

Continuum and variation in Creoles

The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective

The discovery, nature, and implications of a Papiamentu text fragment from 1783

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