Carlos M. Benítez-Torres

List of John Benjamins publications for which Carlos M. Benítez-Torres plays a role.

Articles

Northern Songhay languages are known for combining Songhay and Tuareg-Berber features. Nicolaï (1979) divided these languages into nomadic and sedentary sub-branches, something which Benítez-Torres and Grant (2017) confirmed, bears out very well from a grammatical standpoint. This paper explores… read more
Benítez-Torres, Carlos M. and Anthony P. Grant 2017 On the origin of some Northern Songhay mixed languagesJournal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 32:2, pp. 263–303 | Article
This paper discusses the origins of linguistic elements in three Northern Songhay languages of Niger and Mali: Tadaksahak, Tagdal and Tasawaq. Northern Songhay languages combine elements from Berber languages, principally Tuareg forms, and from Songhay; the latter provides inflectional morphology… read more