creole language

collocation in English

meaningsofCreoleandlanguage

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creole
adjective
uk
/kriˈəʊl/us
/kriˈoʊl/
relating to Creoles (= people related to the first Europeans who came to the Caribbean or the southern US, or people of mixed African and ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofcreoleandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It further demonstrates the potential contributionscreolelanguagedata can make to any overall theory of phonology.
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Linguistic loss was as central to the creation ofcreolelanguageas creative innovation.
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The addition of an appendix containingcreolelanguagedata makes this work even more attractive to readers and phonologists in particular.
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In the scheme of things,creolelanguagedata have had little attraction or impact in the development of mainstream phonological theories.
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If so, how doescreolelanguagedevelopment proceed?
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Some analysis suggests it may be a mixed language orcreolelanguagehaving something in common with each of the neighboring languages.
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It is often labeled pidgin or even creole, which is not correct by any widespread definition of pidgin orcreolelanguage.
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It is also the most-spokencreolelanguagein the world.
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At that point, it became acreolelanguage.
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This type of language is generally called acreolelanguage.
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In certain speech communities, a continuum exists between speakers of acreolelanguageand a related standard language.
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For those who work on creole languages, this analysis comes as no surprise.
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If so, what makes the histories of creole languages special, so as to favor such a different evolutionary path?
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This book, it must be said from the outset, is a remarkable addition to the literature on pidgin and creole languages.
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Recent years have witnessed an increased interest in pidgin and creole languages.
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Our analysis revealed no grammatical conditioning of variant realization but rather a consistent phonological effect not specific to creole languages.
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Can current acquisition theory "explain" the existence of creole languages?
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These changes obviously do not occur in creole languages alone.
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The papers in this issue consider the extent to which interlanguage varieties and pidgin and creole languages display similar properties.
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Conversely, the organizers and par ticipants hoped that their discussions would shed new light on the early history of existing creole languages.
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