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7 Cards in this Set
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Creole |
A language that comes about through contact with two or more languages. |
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Pidgin |
A simple form of a language which speakers of different languages use to communicate. |
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Characteristics of C’bean creole |
-sound units -vocabulary -grammar -semantics (word meanings) |
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Sound units |
Changing the sounds of certain letters in words in standard English e.g (‘th’ —>’f’) |
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Vocabulary |
Using words from other languages in the creole. These words depend on the cultural background of the region (e.g roti, Indian) |
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Grammar |
-removing auxiliary verbs -use of predicate adjectives -double negatives -front focusing -back focusing |
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Semantics |
Words used in creole have different meanings than their standard language origin. |
