Sandjá sá mlágo magi ê sa pichi gôdo – A Few Notes about Forro Creole, a Jewel in the “Crown of the Sea”
Sandjá sá mlágo magi ê sa pichi gôdo – A Few Notes about Forro Creole, a Jewel in the “Crown of the Sea”
Author(s): Natalia CzopekSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: Forro Creole; São Tomé and Príncipe; morphosyntax; language contact; oral literature
Summary/Abstract: The main objective of our work is to describe the morphosyntactic features of Forro Creole, spoken in SãoTomé and Príncipe, using a corpus that includes materials collected during fieldwork in February 2016, such as written records of various texts belonging to the São Tomé oral tradition. We are interested in analysing the processes of expression of TMA (time-mode-aspect) relations, number and gender marking, and verbal serialization. In addition, we want to highlight some aspects of the spelling and make some comparative observations with Cape Verdean Creole.
Journal: Studia Iberystyczne
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 187-206
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Spanish