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Peer reviewedMcWhorter, John H. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2003
Examines the interface between language change and Creole studies. Discusses the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis, the Creole continuum, Creoles and grammaticalization, theoretic syntax, creole prototypes, and second language acquisition and language change. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Grammar, Pidgins
Peer reviewedRomaine, Suzanne – Language, 1999
Discusses grammaticalization of "laik" in Tok Pisin, meaning "want/like/desire" (from English "like") and "klostu," meaning "near" (from English "close to") as markers of proximative. Shows although "klostu" was more generally a feature of Pacific Pidgin English and began to…
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Peer reviewedBailey, Guy; Maynor, Natalie – Language in Society, 1987
A review of recent language research regarding the black English vernacular (BEV) considers new developments involving (1) the grammars of elderly and young speakers; (2) indications that BEV is not decreolizing but is actually diverging from white speech; and (3) the effect of contemporary developments on differences between black and white…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Children, Creoles
