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laying with Language: Three Language Games in the Gulf of Guine

Author(s):
Agostinho, Ana Livia [1] ; de Araujo, Gabriel Antunes [2, 3]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Macau, Taipa, Macao - Peoples R China
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: ANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATIO; v. 15, p. 219-238, 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

We present a description and an analysis of three related language games in Africa's Gulf of Guinea: Fa d'Ambo's Fa do Vesu, Lung'Ie's Faa di Vesu, and Sao Tome and Principe Portuguese's P-language. We show how these language games can be used to investigate the linguistic features of their main languages and as learning resources for second language learners. First, we defend the common origin of these language games and that they emerged from contact with Portuguese settlers' Lingua do Pa's varieties. Second, we discuss phonological issues, such as syllable structure, focusing on the loci of onglides, offglides, syllabic nasals, and word prosody. Finally, we discuss how these iudlings can help speakers, learners, and linguists perceive phonological properties as well as the contribution of describing and analyzing language games for language documentation. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/06107-6 - Linguistic description and Pedagogical Grammar of Principense
Grantee:Ana Lívia dos Santos Agostinho
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)