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Peer reviewedCedeno, Rafael A. Nunez – Hispania, 1988
Reports on attempts to determine whether Cuban Abakua is a pidginized Afro-Spanish, creole, or dead language and concludes that some of this language, spoken by a secret society, has its roots in Efik, a language of the Benue-Congo, and seems to be a simple, ritualistic, structureless argot. (CB)
Descriptors: Creoles, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Language Typology
Peer reviewedKorovkin, Michael A. – Language in Society, 1987
Reports on the emergence of a new "Americanized" argot (Western cultural influences or objects) in post-Stalinist Russia. The characteristics of the argot's communicative code and the link between the code and the communicative competence of the argot-speaking groups are presented. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
