Resources on language contact, pidgins and creoles
Basic resources on
language contact Language Varieties Network
- information on Pidgins, Creoles and “other stigmatized varieties” ThinkQuest
site about Pidgins
and Creoles with emphasis on Hawaiian Creole English (or Pidgin) course
notes on Pidgins and Creoles from Harold Schiffman at Penn An
introduction to Pidgins and Creoles from Oregon sociolinguistics Google
Pidgins
and Creoles directory |
Additional resources on
language contact JPCL – The Journal
of Pidgin and Creole Languages Google
Pidgins
and Creoles directory Papers by Sally Thomason Contact
languages in the Bantu Area article by Salikoko Mufwene |
Article
on session about Gullah
at the United Nations from Gullah Heritage Gullah a page by Virginia Mixson Geraty |
Other links related to
specific languages Rasta/Patois Dictionary
-Dictionary of Jamaican Creole English Exploring varieties of
English – Jamaica Speak Jamaican - Rasta oriented Links on Haitian Creole Searchable HCE/SE dictionary
(Pidgin/English) Full On Pidgin – A site
about Hawaiian Creole English (although they call it Pidgin) Aborinal
English homepage A guide to Louisianna French Kreyol Lwiziyen -A
grammar of Louisianna Creole Papiamentu Spanish based creole |