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Minderhout, David J. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1977
Anthropological linguists often deal with language systems manifesting nonrandom variability. This article demonstrates that methods developed within the U.S. for the study of language variability are useful in the study of creole languages. This study was conducted on the island of Tobago in the West Indies. (CHK)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Creoles, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
Mintz, Sidney W. – 1969
This article examines several major sociological characteristics of the Caribbean region in a study of pidginization and creolization. Three major conditions which may have affected the ways that Creole languages develop are discussed. They include: (1) the relative proportion of Africans, Europeans, and other groups now present in specific…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies, Language Acquisition
Ferguson, Charles A. – 1968
For the linguist interested in typology and language universals, this paper suggests the usefulness of a taxonomy of copula and copula-like constructions in the world's languages and the elaboration of hypotheses of synchronic variation and diachronic change in this part of language. For the linguist interested in child language development, the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Creoles, Grammar
Odo, Carol – 1971
The underlying assumptions of the study described in this report are that language change in process is revealed through language variation and that variation is rarely random. With these two ideas in mind, the author studies the presence of "r" in Hawaiian English and considers its appearance in various environments. The study also…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Consonants, Creoles, Deep Structure