A génese das línguas crioulas (hipótese universalista)

• Authors: Barbara Hlibowicka-Węglarz
• Languages of publication: PT

Abstracts

EN

There are many hypotheses and theories about the origin of Creole languages. Most of them were developed in XX century. According to some of the theories all Creole languages have a common origin and come from a so called protolanguage, which comes from the XV century and has been developed along the west coast of Africa (monogenesis). Others claim that Creole languages have been developed due to the contact and mix of many languages (polygenesis). The aim of the article presented below is to outline one of many different theories of the origin of Creole languages, the so called universal theory. According to this theory Creole languages – like other natural languages, although they were formed under specific conditions – arose because of a biological program which is embedded in our minds and which is genetically passed over from generation to generation.

Keywords

PT

linguas crioulas

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 29/30
• Pages: 148-156

Contributors

author

Barbara Hlibowicka-Węglarz

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland

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