An introduction to pidgins and creoles2/14/2024 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Pidginsĭefining what is a pidgin and what is not is a challenging undertaking. Finally, I will introduce the topic of De- and Re-creolization. I continue with the most known origins of Pidgins, which is followed by the four phases of development from a Pidgin to a Creole. I start with an outline of the definitions of Pidgins and creoles and how they relate to each other. In my term paper I will examine the emergence of a Creole. This sequence of Jamaican Creole is only one of the diversity in the creole-speaking world. “Chrismus time ah de time ob gladness, and de time ob goodwill, when de goodwill pirit tek hold ob we, we feget ebery libing ting bout de grudge we gat against wen ex doah neighbour an we begins fe wish him all kinda nice something, cause we feel nice weself. THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT: FROM PIDGIN TO CREOLEĥ.1 De-Creolization and Post-Creole continuum JOHN HOLM is Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Coimbra, Portugal.3.2 The independent parallel development theoryģ.4 The Monogenetic/Relexification TheoryĤ. This much-needed book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, soci olinguistics, western European language s, anthropol ogy and sociology. His new findings on structural typology, including non-Atlantic creoles, permit a wide-ranging assessment of the nature of restructured languages worldwide. John Holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved. Long misunderstood as ‘bad’ versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right. Starting with an overview of the field’s basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.
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