Um texto de Hugo Schuchardt ainda não publicado sobre o verbo do crioulo caboverdiano

Abstract

This article informs and comments on an as yet unpublished manuscript by Hugo Schuchardt concerning the verb systems of the Capeverdian creole varieties. A transcription and images of this manuscript are attached to this article. The article tries to answer questions pertaining to the originality, organization, sources, and the time of writing of Schuchardt’s text. The author of the article concludes that it was reasons of scientific probity which finally kept Schuchardt from publishing his text. This certainly prevented the spreading of some errors in his sources in the scientific community. On the other hand, some brilliant discoveries and intuitions concerning Capeverdian and Atlantic creoles of the founding father of creole studies therefore remained unknown for a long time. Examples of such errors in the sources as well as such discoveries and intuitions of Schuchardt are given.

Keywords

• hugo schuchardt
• joaquim vieira botelho da costa
• custódio josé duarte
• capeverdian creole
• verb systems