ANALYSIS OF THE ANGOLANISMS IN THE CONTEMPORARY DICTIONARY OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

摘要

In this paper, we present an analysis of the Angolanisms in the Contemporary Dictionary of Portuguese Language (DLPC)*. The term "Angolanism" comprises all lexical units, in use in Portuguese, and belonging to the Bantu languages. We have applied a reverse search technique in order to collect the Angolanisms with the following tags: , and for the extraction of the units of each of the referenced languages. The tag was used to identify the lexical units whose origin was not identified by the authors of the CDPL, but which are usual in the lexicon of Portuguese spoken in Angola. The extraction of angolanisms by means of these labels made it possible to group them by origin and analyze the most representative language, the provision of the entries and the possible connotations in their use.* The original digital version of the DLPC is not publicly available. A new digital edition of DLPC is under construction, coordinated by Ana Salgado from ACL, counting on the participation of Alberto Simões from IPCA, José João Almeida, and the consultancy of Álvaro Iriarte Sanromán, both from University of Minho.