Sociolinguistics: Pidgin, Creoles and New Englishes
INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS
VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES
NINA DIANI WIDOWATI 2250408011
RENI RACMAWATI 2250408018
LILIK ANANTARI 2250408042
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF SEMARANG
VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES
Introduction
Under colonization, large numbers of people were able to neither to maintain their ancestral languages nor to shift to the colonial language. Instead they created new languages (pidgins and creoles) that were only partly based on the languages around them. The kind of contact that gave rise to pidgins and creoles is contrasted with the acquisition and spread of languages of power and prestige under colonialism, especially varieties that have come to be called ‘New Englishes’.
The nineteenth century saw the growth of imperialism as European powers tried to carve up the rest of the world as their possession. This brought superstrate languages especially English into a much more prominent position in Asia than before. While the era of colonization of Asia by European powers ended in the mid-twentieth century, their linguistic effects are still felt in the now-independent territories.
In this section, we concern on the discussion about the ‘New Englishes’ occur in some countries in Asian which were colonized by European people. There will be a comparison between those ‘New Englishes’ of some different states in Asia and also an analysis about the factors cause those languages formed differently.
Analysis In this section, we are going to analyze three different conversations of ‘New Englishes’ in different situations and places. According to Platt et al. (1984:120) just as creoles exist as a broad class of languages with a well-defined set of sociohistorical and linguistic characteristics, so too do ‘New Englishes’, there are variation within the New Englishes. These variations we are going to discuss. New Englishes are typically made up of a continuum
VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES
NINA DIANI WIDOWATI 2250408011
RENI RACMAWATI 2250408018
LILIK ANANTARI 2250408042
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF SEMARANG
VARIATION WITHIN NEW ENGLISHES
Introduction
Under colonization, large numbers of people were able to neither to maintain their ancestral languages nor to shift to the colonial language. Instead they created new languages (pidgins and creoles) that were only partly based on the languages around them. The kind of contact that gave rise to pidgins and creoles is contrasted with the acquisition and spread of languages of power and prestige under colonialism, especially varieties that have come to be called ‘New Englishes’.
The nineteenth century saw the growth of imperialism as European powers tried to carve up the rest of the world as their possession. This brought superstrate languages especially English into a much more prominent position in Asia than before. While the era of colonization of Asia by European powers ended in the mid-twentieth century, their linguistic effects are still felt in the now-independent territories.
In this section, we concern on the discussion about the ‘New Englishes’ occur in some countries in Asian which were colonized by European people. There will be a comparison between those ‘New Englishes’ of some different states in Asia and also an analysis about the factors cause those languages formed differently.
Analysis In this section, we are going to analyze three different conversations of ‘New Englishes’ in different situations and places. According to Platt et al. (1984:120) just as creoles exist as a broad class of languages with a well-defined set of sociohistorical and linguistic characteristics, so too do ‘New Englishes’, there are variation within the New Englishes. These variations we are going to discuss. New Englishes are typically made up of a continuum