ofthe most interesting figures in the Spanish-American world. He has traveled in many parts of the world. His writings include criticism‚ Poetry‚ political essays‚ novels‚ and short stories. His first collection of tales appeared in 1900. Of Creole Democracy‚ perhaps his finest short story‚ Dr. Goldberg has said that "not many tales that have come out of South America can match it.”The present version‚ revised from an earlier version‚ is here printed by permission of the translator‚ Isaac Goldberg
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Pidgins and Creoles Here are five areas into which the class discussion of pidgins and creoles will be divided. Structural Simplification Explain what structural simplification of language is and why it occurs during the process of pidginization. Illustrate simplification of language at the phonological‚ morphological‚ syntactic‚ and lexical levels. Pidgins and Creoles differentiated Compare Ferguson’s and Stewart’s definitions of pidgin and creole. Use Hymes’s criteria of inner form
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A. THE DEFINITON OF PIDGIN AND CREOLE LANGUAGE A.1 THE DEFINITION OF PIDGIN The etymology of pidgin is uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary derives it from the English word business as pronounced in Chinese Pidgin English‚ which was of course used for transacting business. Other possible sources derived pidjom ‘exchange‚ trade‚ redemption; a Chinese pronunciation of the Portuguese word ocupação ‘business’; or a South Seas pronunciation of English beach as beachee‚ from the location where
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Carib and Arawak‚ speaking their own language and living their own cultures. Once the mentioned contact was made‚ the Caribbean creole was created. The original population of the islands had already influenced Spanish‚ lending them some words‚ and now was the time of participating in the English and African languages‚ as well as letting be influenced. The Caribbean creole is a Black English variety‚ but within it there are some varieties‚ depending on the area where it is spoken. The Miskito Indians
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Gullah‚ also known as Geechee‚ is an English-based creole used by African-Americans living in what is now referred to as the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. This corridor is an approximately 400 miles long strip that runs from St. John’s River in Florida to Cape Fear River in North Carolina. In North and South Carolina the language is typically called Gullah‚ and in Georgia and Florida it is typically called Geechee. Gullah began as a pidgin language used by the slaves who lived on
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de Hispano-América (1908; “Letters and the Learned in Latin America”) andGrandes escritores de América (1919; “Great Writers of America”). His novel‚ El hombre de oro (The Man of Gold)‚ was published in 1912. Creole Democracy Pampas – the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina Creole – a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America‚ a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana) Mulatto – an offspring of a black and a white parent
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topic 1-2 Pieces of related information Bad English or Creole? By Peter Espeut 3-5 Cooper fires at Green paper 6-7 Reflective Poem: The Jamaican Creole 8 Drama: A Misunderstanding
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1.Distinguish between pidgins and creoles. Pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a language in common. It is most commonly used in situations such as trade‚ or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they live in (but where there is no common language between the groups). In addition‚ pidgins have a distinct set of characteristics that make them differ from the
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ANTIGUAN CREOLE Antiguan Creole‚ owing to its British Colonial history‚ is English-based‚ and thus obviously shares many characteristics with British English. Also‚ because of the history of African slaves on the island‚ West African languages have contributed to Antiguan Creole‚ but in rather limited ways. The closest comparison to Antiguan Creole is Jamaican Creole‚ as Antiguan Creole shares the general structure with it. Antiguan Creole has some of its own distinctive features however.
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Cajun vs. Creole Have you ever wondered if there was any difference between Cajun and Creole food and what they are? There are actually many differences between the two and are actually not the same at all. A simply way to described the two cuisines is that Creole cuisine is more city food where as Cajun cuisine is usually referred to as country food. The work Cajun originates form les Acadians‚ which was used to describe the French colonist who settled in the Acadia region of Canada. Which
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