ANALYSIS OF THE ANGOLANISMS IN THE CONTEMPORARY DICTIONARY OF PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE

Abstract

In this paper, we present an analysis of the Angolanisms in the Contemporary Dictionary of Portuguese Language. The term ‘Angolanism’ is used to refer to all the lexical units used in the Portuguese Language, and belonging to the Bantu languages. We have applied a reverse search technique in order to collect the Angolanisms with the following tags: to extract the Umbundo units; for the units of the Quicongo language and for the Quimbundo units. The tag was used to identify the lexical units which do not belong to the chosen languages, despite their occurrence in the lexicon of the Portuguese spoken in Angola. The extraction of Angolanisms through these tags allowed us to group them according to their origin. Additionally, the presence of Angolanisms in the CDPL, in the most representative language was analyzed, as well as its causes and consequences. The provision of the entries into the named Dictionary and the possible negative connotations in their use have also been considered in our research.