The discovery, nature, and implications of a Papiamentu text fragment from 1783

Bibliographic Data

ID14860418
AuthorsBart Jacobs (0000-0003-0075-6732, University of Konstanz), Van Der Wal (0000-0003-1890-908X, Leiden University), Marijke J van der Wal (Leiden University)
Year2015
Volume30
Issue1
Pages44-62
Publication date2015-04-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jpcl.30.1.02jac
OpenAlexW2050519088
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

In this paper, we discuss the recent discovery of four letters written in 1783, one of which is written fully in Papiamentu, the other three comprising Papiamentu fragments. The data in these constitute one of the earliest written attestations of Papiamentu. We first provide a brief overview of the earliest attestations of Papiamentu and then present the Letters as Loot research programme, to which we owe the discovery of the 1783 letters. Following this, the article discusses the contents of the letters and the socio-historical context in which they were written. To close, we discuss the value of this new source for Papiamentu studies

Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Fragment (logic · Linguistics · Literature · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy

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