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This series of workshops will explore the Portuguese language in Asia and the Pacific.

Session 1 (6 Sept, 12:00-14:00)

INTRODUCTION

We will start by introducing some concepts which are essential to understand the dynamics of contact-induced language change. We will also outline the history of the diffusion of Portuguese outside of Europe, which began in the 15th century, proceeding along the coast of Western Africa, and reached Asia at the turn of the 16th, as well as the currently observable effects of that process.

Session 2 (8 Sept, 12:00-14:00)

PORTUGUESE IN SOUTH ASIA

In this session, we will briefly characterise the linguistic and sociohistorical conditions that presided over the expansion and settlement of the Portuguese language in Asia, and the role the language acquired as an Asian lingua franca. We will then focus on the impact of Portuguese in South Asia, including its contribution to the region’s many languages and the formation of local varieties of Portuguese, as well as of Portuguese-lexified creole laguages.

Session 3 (10 Sept, 12:00-14:00)

PORTUGUESE IN (SOUTH)EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

In this session, we continue our exploration of the observable impact of the Portuguese language, now focusing on Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Pacific. In addition to the development of local varieties of Portuguese and of Portuguese-lexified creoles, we will also highlight several scholarly proposals which recognise the impact of Portuguese on some of the region’s most significant contact languages, including Chinese Pidgin English and Hawai’i Creole.

Hugo C. Cardoso holds degrees from the universities of Coimbra and Amsterdam and is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon. His research focuses on language contact involving Portuguese, having worked on Saramaccan, a creole of Suriname, but especially on the Portuguese-based creoles of South Asia – those of India (in particular, Diu and the Malabar Coast) and Sri Lanka –, endangered languages which he has documented extensively. His work combines a synchronic descriptive perspective with an interest in the history of these languages and in comparative approaches.