Creole linguistics
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Linguistic adequacy
- 2.1William Labov
- 2.2Gillian Sankoff
- 2.3Talmy Givón
- 2.4Derek Bickerton
- 2.5The gradualists
- 3.Discourse and Style
- 3.1Discourse
- 3.2The creole continuum
- 3.2.1Extralinguistic correlates of style
- 3.2.2Lectal variation and status
- 3.2.3Basilect vs. mesolect
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TEXT 1: Basilect (Nansi Story) [derived from African folklore]
- TEXT 2: Basilect
- TEXT 3: Mesolect
- Conclusion
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Note
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