Development and Stages of Pidgins and Creoles towards Decreolization. A Phonological Analysis

Language: English

Published by GRIN Verlag Jun 2015, 2015

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Rostock (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: Enriching English, language: English, abstract: First, I will briefly portray the emergence of pidgin and creole languages and their development towards the post-creole continuum. I will examine the different types of pidgin-creole developments and the phenomenon of decreolizing - the approximation of the creole towards the lexifier by using the example of the Hawaiian Creole that I will also portray out of a socio-historical point of view. That creole is officially still called 'Hawai'i Pidgin' by its speakers, but I will avoid using that term in my paper.Therefore, the term Hawai'i Creole English, short HCE, is more appropriate. Furthermore, I will deal with HCE's phonology, especially with its difference to Standard English, in detail - due to the question whether HCE is decreolizing or not. As Norval S. H. Smith states, creole phonology is a 'neglected field' and 'younger languages' have the tendency to be not as much irregular as 'elder language' tend to be. 24 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
Development and Stages of Pidgins and Creoles towards Decreolization. A Phonological Analysis
Author
Thomas Gantner
Publisher
GRIN Verlag Jun 2015
Publication year
2015
Condition
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Taschenbuch
Language
English
ISBN 10
3656978662
ISBN 13
9783656978664
Item weight
51 grams
Dimensions
210x148x3 mm

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