Subject: summary : sao tome creole

some weeks ago , i posted the following query : is there any information about work done on s . tome creole ? i am writing this message on behalf of a friend but i will post a summary of the answers to the list . thanks to all who answered : michael aceto edward h . bendix israel cohen lance eccles gerardo a . lorenzino mikael parkvall norval smith - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dear ana lucia , i do n't know of very many recent things on sao tome , but there is some excellent work from the last 30 years or so : 1 ) studies in portuguese and creole / marius f . valkhoff 2 ) miscelanea luso - africana / edited by valkhoff 3 ) the creole of sao tome / luis ivens ferraz i hope this helps . best wishes , michael aceto - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - the following has done linguistic fieldwork on sao tome and can give you good information : gerardo lorenzino < lorenz @ minerva . cis . yale . edu > . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ana lucia santos , john holm in his pidgins and creoles ( cambridge up , 1988-89 ) , vol . 2 pp . 278-280 , mentions sao tome creole . he makes reference to the following book : l ivens ferraz . the creole of sao tome . witwatersrand university press , johannesburg , 1979 . lance eccles &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&& &&& &&& lance eccles &&& &&& school of modern languages &&& &&& macquarie university &&& &&& nsw 2109 &&& &&& australia &&& &&& fax + 61 2 9797 0003 &&& &&& phone + 61 2 9797 9925 &&& &&& lance . eccles @ mq . edu . au &&& &&& voicemail 9850 7023 &&& &&& &&& &&& my homepage : &&& &&& http : / / www . ocs . mq . edu . au / ~ leccles / &&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i will be happy to send you a bibliography on the language and history of sao tome creole . it 's part of the bibliography i compiled for my dissertation on angolar creole portuguese , one of the three creole dialects spoken on sao tome and principe . i can't send it to you via email because it will arrive garbled and difficult to read . if you are interested let me know and send me your address . as a preview , tell your friend that the standard reference on sao tome creole is ferraz ( 1979 ) " the creole of sao tome " . cheers gerardo gerardo augusto lorenzino department of spanish and portuguese yale university lorenz @ minerva . cis . yale . edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dear ana , here are some suggestions for further reading on sao tomense : carvalho , jose goncalo herculano de ( 1981 ) : deux langues creoles : le criol du cap vert et le forro de s . tome . biblos 57 , pp 1-15 ferraz , l . & m . f . valkhoff ( 1975 ) : a comparative study of so - tomense and cabo - verdiano creole . in valkhoff ( ed . ) ( pp 15-39 ) . ferraz , luis ( 1976 ) : a origem e desenvolvimento de quatro crioulos portugueses do golfo da guine . rev . bras . ling . 3 ( 2 ) ( pp 70-76 ) . ferraz , luis ivens ( 1974 ) : a linguistic appraisal of angolar . in memoriam antonio jorge dias , vol . 2 ( pp 177-186 ) . lisbon : inst . de alta cultura / junta de investigacies do ultramar . ferraz , luis ivens ( 1979 ) : the creole of sao tome . johannesburg : witwatersrand university press . ferraz , luis ivens ( 1983 ) : the origin and development of four creoles in the gulf of guinea . ellen woolford & william washabaugh ( eds . ) : the social contaxt of creolisation ( pp 120-125 ) . ann arbor : karoma . ferraz , luiz ( 1976 ) : the origin and development of four creoles in the gulf of guinea . african studies 35 ( 1 ) , pp 33-38 . ferraz , luiz ivens ( 1978 ) : the creole of sao tome . african studies 37 , pp 3-68 + 234-84 ferraz , luiz ivens ( 1987 ) : portuguese creoles of west africa . gilbert , glenn ( ed ) : pidgin and creole languages : essays in memory of john e . reinecke ( pp 337-360 ) . honolulu : university of hawaii press . granda , german de ( 1976 ) : un planteamiento sociohistorico del problema de la formacion del criollo portugues de africa occidental . rev . ling . rom . 40 ( pp 299-310 ) . lucchesi , dante ( 1993 ) : the article system of cape verde and sao tome creole portuguese : general principles and specific factors . jpcl 8 : 1 , pp 81-108 maurer , philippe ( 1992 ) : l ' apport lexical bantou en angolar . afrikanistische arbeitspapiere 29 , pp 163-174 . morais - barbosa , jorge ( 1975 ) : cape verde , guinea - bissau and sao tome and principe : the linguistic situation . in valkhoff ( ed . ) ( pp 133-151 ) . negreiros , almada ( 1895 ) : o dialecto de s . thom . vocabulario . almada negreiros : historia ethnographico da ilha de s . thom . negreiros , almada ( 1928 ) : etnografia de sao tome e outros elementos linguisticos . anurio comercial , industrial e agrecola da provencia de sao toma e principe . schuchardt , hugo ( 1882 ) : kreolische studien 1 : ueber das negerportugiesische von s . thom ( westafrika ) . sitzungsberichte der kaiserlichen akademie der wissenschaften zu wien 101 ( pp 889-917 ) . tenreiro , f . ( 1956 ) : as ilhas de sao tome , de principe e o territorio de sio joio batista de ajuda . lisboa : sociedade de geografia de lisboa , semana do ultramar . thiele , petra ( 1989 ) : zur spezifizierung von substrateinflussen auf die entwicklung der portugiesisch-basierten kreolsprachen westafrikas . perl - matthias ( ed . ) : beitrage zur afrolusitanistik und kreolistik , pp 93-103 . bochum : brockmeyer valkhoff , marius ( 1966 ) : studies in portuguese and creole . johannesburg : witwatersrand university press . valkhoff , marius ( ed ) 1975 miscel = e2na luso - africana . lisbon : junta de investigacies do ultramar . valkhoff , marius f . ( 1975 ) : miscelena luso - africana . colectrea de estudos coligidos por m . f . valkhoff . lisbon : junta de investigacio cientificas do ultramar . you could also advice your friend to address his / her query to creolist , which is a discussion on list specifically devoted to pidgins and creoles . to join the list , send the command " % subscribe " in the _ subject field _ ( important ! ) of an otherwise empty message to < creolist @ ling . su . se > . best , mikael parkvall - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you 'd be better posting this question to the creolist list : creolist @ ling . su . se with a request to let you know the answer as you ' re not a member of that list . norval smith
