Brazil

Comparison of Cinta Larga and Gavião

Issue Date:
2009
Date Created:
1976
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8 pages
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Of all the lexical items checked, there are none which do not have at least one synonym in common in the two languages. Both informants repeated all the words effortlessly. In the six cases listed below, one or the other language does not have a cognate for one of the synonyms used in the other, or there is some difference in the semantic field taken in by a term used in both languages. Other than these six, each of the words on the list is used in both languages with either the identical or almost identical meaning.
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Entry Number:
42642