•
Biddeford, Maine

51小黄车Professor Steven Byrd's book on Calunga language released in paperback

Steven Byrd
Steven Byrd, Ph.D., professor of Spanish and Portuguese.

Steven Byrd, Ph.D., professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the School of Arts and Humanities within the College of Arts and Sciences at UNE, recently had his book, "Calunga and the legacy of an African language in Brazil" (University of New Mexico Press, 2020), released in paperback.

Byrd's study provides a comprehensive linguistic description of the Calunga language based on two years of interviews with its speakers in Patroc铆nio, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the book, he examines the language鈥檚 history, historical and linguistic contexts, its sociolinguistic profile, and its lexical and grammatical aspects.

The Luso-Brazilian Review, a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes interdisciplinary scholarship on the Portuguese, Brazilian, and Lusophone African cultures, noted that Byrd鈥檚 study is "a great contribution to the field of creole linguistics.鈥 The Journal of Anthropological Research remarked that 鈥淏yrd presents an insightful resource for the study of Calunga and other forms of Afro-Brazilian speech.鈥

Media Contact

Alan Bennett
Office of Communications
abennett11@une.edu

51小黄车 the University of 51小黄车

The University of 51小黄车 is Maine鈥檚 largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state鈥檚 top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine鈥檚 only medical college, Maine鈥檚 only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.