What Makes a Creole a Creole? Language Contact and Hybridity in a World Englishes Context
Susanne Mühleisen
Universität Bayreuth
All world Englishes have somehow developed in contact with other languages but only some are classified as special linguistic categories, i.e. as Pidgins and Creoles. In this presentation, the contested concept of a Creole language and its exceptional status will be explored from a historical, epistemological and sociolinguistic perspective. After a more general review of potentially shared functions and characteristics of P/Cs around the world, we will also take an in-depth look at a specific real-life contact variety – Trinidadian English Creole – and explore its phonological, grammatical and sociolinguistic features in more detail.
Hermann-Paul-Preis für herausragende Dissertationen
Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2022 ging an Aline Bieri und Florian Dreyer. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2022 went to Aline Bieri and Florian Dreyer. Congratulations!
Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2019 ging an Emiel van den Hoven. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2019 went to Emiel van den Hoven. Congratulations!
Der Hermann-Paul Preis 2018 ging an Verena Schröter und Hanna Svensson. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! /// The Hermann Paul Award 2018 went to Verena Schröter and Hanna Svensson. Congratulations!
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