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Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles

  • Suzanne Romaine
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Volume 5 Varieties of English
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Abstract

Pidgins and creoles are the outcome of diverse processes and influences in circumstances where speakers of different languages have to work out a common means of communication. Although no one knows how many pidgins and creoles there are, millions of people around the world speak these languages every day. As some of the newest languages on earth, pidgins and creoles present many fascinating challenges to linguists because they raise fundamental questions about the evolution of complex systems and historical change. There is still no consensus on the relationship between pidgins and creoles, or on the extent to which creoles form a structurally well-defined language type, or whether they can be defined only with respect to the special socio-historical circumstances that give rise to them. The focus of this chapter is the so-called English-based (or English-lexicon) pidgins and creoles, whose lexicons are predominantly derived from English.

Abstract

Pidgins and creoles are the outcome of diverse processes and influences in circumstances where speakers of different languages have to work out a common means of communication. Although no one knows how many pidgins and creoles there are, millions of people around the world speak these languages every day. As some of the newest languages on earth, pidgins and creoles present many fascinating challenges to linguists because they raise fundamental questions about the evolution of complex systems and historical change. There is still no consensus on the relationship between pidgins and creoles, or on the extent to which creoles form a structurally well-defined language type, or whether they can be defined only with respect to the special socio-historical circumstances that give rise to them. The focus of this chapter is the so-called English-based (or English-lexicon) pidgins and creoles, whose lexicons are predominantly derived from English.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Standard American English 9
  6. Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English 31
  7. Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective 53
  8. Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language 80
  9. Chapter 6: Standard British English 96
  10. Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English 121
  11. Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation 151
  12. Chapter 9: Estuary English 169
  13. Chapter 10: Cockney 187
  14. Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes 210
  15. Chapter 12: Scots 231
  16. Chapter 13: English in Ireland 244
  17. Chapter 14: English in Wales 265
  18. Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English 289
  19. Chapter 16: English in India 311
  20. Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology 330
  21. Chapter 18: Diffusion 349
  22. Chapter 19: Supraregionalization 365
  23. Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles 385
  24. Index 403
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525045-020

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Table of Contents V
  3. Abbreviations VII
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 2: Standard American English 9
  6. Chapter 3: Regional varieties of American English 31
  7. Chapter 4: Canadian English in real-time perspective 53
  8. Chapter 5: Re-viewing the origins and history of African American Language 80
  9. Chapter 6: Standard British English 96
  10. Chapter 7: Regional varieties of British English 121
  11. Chapter 8: Received Pronunciation 151
  12. Chapter 9: Estuary English 169
  13. Chapter 10: Cockney 187
  14. Chapter 11: Celtic and Celtic Englishes 210
  15. Chapter 12: Scots 231
  16. Chapter 13: English in Ireland 244
  17. Chapter 14: English in Wales 265
  18. Chapter 15: Australian/New Zealand English 289
  19. Chapter 16: English in India 311
  20. Chapter 17: English in Africa – a diachronic typology 330
  21. Chapter 18: Diffusion 349
  22. Chapter 19: Supraregionalization 365
  23. Chapter 20: Pidgins and creoles 385
  24. Index 403
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