FREC47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Creolistics, Angolar Creole, Relexification
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Descriptive study of effect of society including cultural norms, expectations and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society. Examine socioeconomic status, gender, etc. in relation to influence on language and language patterns. Social factors - portuguese, angolar, spanish, papiamento, dutch creoles. (reading: chapter 3, p. 68-85) Social factors shape theoretical perspectives of creolists ethnocentrism. Examine social identity, examine how language has evolved in relation to social identity. No one"s first language: everyone is speaking it but speakers have another native language. Arising in a particular social context (trade) Linguistic aspects pidgins are generally reduced or simplified but not inferior. Stable over time debate: there are pidgins that are less stable, some debate that they are not necessarily stable, as people change the pidgin changes. Grew out of a pidgin or a pre-pidgin. Becomes nativized in a particular speech community. Theoretical linguistics aspects do not distinguish themselves from other.
