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Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches
Edited by Peter Bakker, Finn Borchsenius, Carsten Levisen and Eeva M. Sippola
[Not in series 211] 2017
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Chapter 11
Similarities and differences among Iberian creoles

| University of Bremen

This study provides an account of the classifications of Iberian creoles based on a phylogenetic network analysis of typological and lexical data. It maps the shared linguistic traits of these creoles and compares the differences between them. The results of the typological analysis support previous classifications, showing a clear division between Atlantic and Asian creoles, and the main subgroups are divided geographically. However, connections between the subgroups are less clear due to the degree of detail of the typological feature values. The similarities consist of typologically unmarked features that are shared with the lexifiers. The differences are a result of areal substrate and adstrate influence.

Keywords: Iberian creoles, areality, groupings, similarities, differences
Article outline
  • 11.1Introduction
  • 11.2Methods
  • 11.3Previous classifications
    • 11.3.1Early studies
    • 11.3.2Atlantic and Asian creoles
    • 11.3.3Local developments
  • 11.4Language sample
  • 11.5Feature data
  • 11.6Areal clusters
  • 11.7Shared features
  • 11.8Areal differences
  • 11.9Discussion
  • 11.10Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
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Published online: 31 May 2017
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