Creoles/Pidgins

Authors

  • Christine Jourdan Concordia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47854/ICLS2673

Keywords:

Colonization, Linguisitc contact, Linguistic ideology, Communication

Abstract

This article defines pidgin and creole languages and presents them and highlights the debates present in contemporary creole studies, in socio-historical contexts that served as an agent for the development of these languages, and in theories brought up to explain their genesis.

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2020-12-19

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