FREC47H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Atlantic Creole, Language Contact, Dormer
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The substrate also contributed to the lexicon as well. Old european word was used, regional dialect was used and incorporated into creole. Example of stick meant wood and tree as a reflection of its meanings in the. There is adstrate influence (languages spoken on other islands/influence from substrate language. Abroginals: as a result of language contact. In areas where the creole developed while the aboriginals continued to thrive there was continued language contact thus influencing the creoles in this area. Close proximity of the islands and high level of movement as a result of slave trade, buying and selling of people, tourism resulted in further language contact. Theoretical position: creole features illustrate influence of superstrate and substrate languages, universals of adult second-language acquisition, borrowing from adstrate languages, internal creole processes, mixture of all or some of these forces. Difficult to determine which features came from superstrate and which came from substrate.
