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Publication details [#9631]

Valdman, Albert. 1981. Language standardization in diglossic context: The case of Haitian Creole. In Hartig, Matthias, ed. Angewandte Soziolinguistik. G. Narr. pp. 33–45.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

diglossia | standardization | vernacular

Language as a subject

Creole, Haitian

Annotation

V. sketches the development of Haitian Creole (the French-based creole vernacular of Haiti) from the vernacular to a vehicular, if not an incipient referential, language.