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Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 408–425

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
        • TEXT 1: Basilect (Nansi Story) [derived from African folklore]
        • TEXT 2: Basilect
        • TEXT 3: Mesolect
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
Published online: 3 October 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/hop.m2.cre1
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