The Source of Sango's 'BE
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14859892 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William J Samarin (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-223 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jpcl.1.2.03sam |
| OpenAlex | W1976122393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The verb 'be' in Pidgin Sango is an innovation, for vernacular Sango has no copula. The development in Sango had important grammatical consequences. It is argued, with data both from Ngbandi and Kituba, that the most likely source of this verb is some form of Kikongo, which went through the process of pidginization in the nineteenth century
Linguistics · Pidgin · Verb · Vernacular · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy
Creating Language and Community in Pidginization
Convergence and the Retention of Marked Consonants in Sango
Pidgins And Creoles
Les manières d’ “être” et les mots pour le dire dans les langues d’Afrique Centrale (Lincom Studies in African Linguistics, 31)
Language in the Colonization of Central Africa, 1880-1900
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2008 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |