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Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 35:2 (2020) ► pp.381–404
GUEST COLUMN

Mediating Creoles

Language practices on a YouTube show

| University College Dublin, Ireland
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Overview of the social and linguistic context
  • 3. Radio Wie Loetoe
    • 3.1Overview of the spectacle
    • 3.2Identity of Radio Wie Loetoe
  • 4.Language use on the Radio Wie Loetoe
    • 4.1Language choices on the show
    • 4.2Written language practices
    • 4.3Orthographic practices
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 1 October 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.00065.mig
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