Description
Summary: | Korlai Portuguese (KP), a Portuguese-based creole only recently discovered by linguists, originated around 1520 on the west coast of India. Initially isolated from its Hindu and Muslim neighbors by social and religious barriers, the small Korlai community lost virtually all Portuguese contact as well after 1740. This volume is the first-ever comprehensive treatment of the formation, linguistic components, and rapidly changing situation of this exotic creole. The product of ten years of research, Korlai Creole Portuguese provides an exciting, in-depth diachronic look at a language that is now sh.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) : map |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9789027276186 9027276188 1283327899 9781283327893 9786613327895 6613327891 |
ISSN: | 0920-9026 ; |
Language: | English. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
Action Note: | digitized |