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

Autor(es)

Agostinho, Ana Livia ^[1] ; de Araujo, Gabriel Antunes ^{[2, 3]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Macau, Taipa, Macao - Peoples R China

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: ANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATIO; v. 15, p. 219-238, 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/06107-6 - Descrição linguística e Gramática Pedagógica do Principense
• Beneficiário: Ana Lívia dos Santos Agostinho
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto