Variation in a secret creole language of Panama

Aceto, Michael

doi:10.1017/s0047404500019011

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“…Petter further affirms that these languages are characterized by the contexts in which they are used and can work as secret languages (1998: 199). However, earlier studies on different kinds of special languages include examples of secret codes that differ from surrounding varieties in more than just parts of their lexicon (Aceto 1995;Goyvaerts 1996).…”

Section: Classifications Of Cupópiamentioning

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Afro-Brazilian Cupópia

López

Jon-And

2021

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The present paper focuses on the speech of a rural Afro-Brazilian community calledCafundó, situated 150 km from São Paulo. In 1978, when linguistic data were collected, the community constituted approximately eighty individuals, descendants of two slave women who inherited their owners’ proprieties. According to earlier studies, when the inhabitants of Cafundó spoke in their supposed ‘African language’,Cupópia, they used structures borrowed from Portuguese and a vocabulary of possible African origin. A lexical analysis shows that the etymologies match historical and demographical data, indicating that speakers of varieties of Kimbundu, Kikongo, and Umbundu dominated in the community. Through a morphosyntactic analysis, specific features were found in the data, such as copula absence and variable agreement patterns. By showing that some of Cupópia’s specific grammatical features are not derived from the Portuguese spoken by the same speakers but are instead shared with more restructured varieties, this paper defends the hypothesis that this lexically driven in-group code is not simply a regional variety of Portuguese with a number of African-derived words.

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Section: Classifications Of Cupópiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Afro-Brazilian Cupópia

López

Jon-And

2021

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“…The multiethnic people born in the province, and more specifically, Bocas Town, refer to themselves as Bocatoreños. Although linguistically, Bocatoreños have been labeled Creoles (Aceto , ), it is important to acknowledge the embedded power differentials usually unrecognized in creolization studies in archaeology (Howson , 82). The all‐inclusive term Creole is often used to diminish difference within a multiethnic group, giving the illusion that all members are equal, when in fact, those with more Eurocentric values and cultural norms have more power and access to resources than those who display more African or indigenous values and cultural norms.…”

Section: Creolization In Bocas Del Toro Panamamentioning

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An Ethnographic Approach to African Diaspora Archaeology: The Bocas Way

Howard

2019

Transforming Anthropology

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When the archaeology of the African Diaspora fails to consider local contexts or stakeholders, it creates historical problems for communities and researchers and leads to antagonistic research sites and adverse consequences for residents. To counter this, some archaeological research emphasizes collaboration and stakeholder involvement in order to reshape the way archaeology is experienced in community sites. Building on this work, I offer an ethnographically informed approach to African Diaspora archaeology as a collaborative method that takes local issues, histories, and politics seriously. I demonstrate how ethnography allows for a better understanding of the past and present peoples of Bocas del Toro, Panama, and can provide archaeologists committed to combating oppression with political tactics for their research. Indeed, this approach is part of a broader trend in African diasporic archaeology, which understands its work as a means for social justice. This article shows how communities can be an archaeological resource to understand data about a historical past, and in turn how African Diaspora archaeologists can be resources for local communities. It details ethnographic methods as they unfolded within the community of Bocas del Toro, Panama, in order to demonstrate an approach that builds with and in some cases can repair relationships between archaeologists and the communities we work with. [African Diaspora, Historical Archaeology, Ethnography, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Caribbean]

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“…This study is part of a larger series of articles on the Creole language of Bastimentos (Aceto 1995(Aceto , 1996(Aceto , 1998(Aceto , 1999, the results of approximately six months of fieldwork on the island on two separate occasions in 1994 and 1995. For details on specific methodological considerations and more historical information on the Bastimentos community, consult Aceto 1995.…”

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Ethnic personal names and multiple identities in Anglophone Caribbean speech communities in Latin America

Aceto¹

2002

Lang. Soc.

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This study investigates the generation and maintenance of multiple personal names in an Anglophone Creole-speaking community of Panama. Nearly every Afro-Panamanian resident of the island of Bastimentos has two given names, one Spanish-derived and the other Creole-derived. The Creole or “ethnic name” is virtually the exclusive name used locally for reference and address. It is argued that these ethnic names are preferred for reference and address because they reflexively define who members of this speech community are in terms of culture and ancestry. A typology of nicknames and pseudonyms as well as a brief cross-cultural presentation of multiple or alternative personal names is provided. Ethnic name usage in Bastimentos is discussed within an acts of identity framework.

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Variation in a secret creole language of Panama

Cited by 29 publications

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Afro-Brazilian Cupópia

An Ethnographic Approach to African Diaspora Archaeology: The Bocas Way

Ethnic personal names and multiple identities in Anglophone Caribbean speech communities in Latin America

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