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Article: Two types of language contact involving English Creoles: Why Krio (Sierra Leone) has evolved more towards English than its relative Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) towards Spanish
Title | Two types of language contact involving English Creoles: Why Krio (Sierra Leone) has evolved more towards English than its relative Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) towards Spanish |
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Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ENG |
Citation | English Today, 2021 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The two African English-lexifier Creole languages Krio (Sierra Leone) and Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) are closely related. A close look at specific aspects of their grammar, however, shows divergence due to differing contact ecologies since their split in the 19th century. Krio has been spoken alongside its lexifier (the main lexicon-providing language) and superstrate (the socially dominant colonial language) English since its beginnings and Pichi alongside its superstrate Spanish for almost two centuries, but not alongside English. Resulting differences in contact outcomes transpire in the expression of tense, aspect, and mood, and the use of prepositions for the marking of participants. In these two areas, Krio has converged more with English than Pichi with Spanish because existing overlaps between Creole and lexifier forms have facilitated transfer from English. There is therefore evidence for different contact outcomes in Creoles depending on whether they continue to be in contact with a superstrate that is simultaneously the lexifier (in this case English), or not. No previous work has compared Krio and Pichi nor looked at these two Creole languages from the viewpoint of their differing linguistic ecologies and their resulting differentiation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/297653 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.725 |
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dc.contributor.author | Yakpo, K | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-23T04:19:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-23T04:19:56Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | English Today, 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0266-0784 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/297653 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The two African English-lexifier Creole languages Krio (Sierra Leone) and Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) are closely related. A close look at specific aspects of their grammar, however, shows divergence due to differing contact ecologies since their split in the 19th century. Krio has been spoken alongside its lexifier (the main lexicon-providing language) and superstrate (the socially dominant colonial language) English since its beginnings and Pichi alongside its superstrate Spanish for almost two centuries, but not alongside English. Resulting differences in contact outcomes transpire in the expression of tense, aspect, and mood, and the use of prepositions for the marking of participants. In these two areas, Krio has converged more with English than Pichi with Spanish because existing overlaps between Creole and lexifier forms have facilitated transfer from English. There is therefore evidence for different contact outcomes in Creoles depending on whether they continue to be in contact with a superstrate that is simultaneously the lexifier (in this case English), or not. No previous work has compared Krio and Pichi nor looked at these two Creole languages from the viewpoint of their differing linguistic ecologies and their resulting differentiation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ENG | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | English Today | - |
dc.title | Two types of language contact involving English Creoles: Why Krio (Sierra Leone) has evolved more towards English than its relative Pichi (Equatorial Guinea) towards Spanish | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Yakpo, K: kofi@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Yakpo, K=rp01715 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0266078421000146 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85104505390 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 321790 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000763205500001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0266-0784 | - |