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Answer:
Author
Cultural Changes in the Atlantic World: Language is by John K. Thornton.
Context
Cultural Changes in the Atlantic World: Language is a book that was published in 2012.
Purpose
The purpose of this excerpt was to inform readers about African language.
Thesis
African language was replaced by creole and European languages.
Claim #1
Estates and towns with multiple nationality slaves encouraged the growth of a lingua franca.
Evidence Provided
“This clearly caused creole slaves, especially those of nationally mixed marriages, to opt for a lingua franca as their native speech.”
Claim #2
The creole was a popular spoken language on the West Africa coast.
Evidence Provided
“The French traveler Alexis de Saint-Lô found that Portuguese was spoken all over coastal Senegal when he visited in 1635, and some years earlier de Almada noted how widely it was spoken in the Gambia and Rivers of Guinea”
Claim #3
French missionaries wanted to spread the creole language
Evidence Provided
“The accommodation that these Jesuits made seems to be a creole form of the language, then deliberately propagated.”
Evaluation
The claims are strongly supported by the author's use of evidence. The claims support the thesis well.
Explanation:
