TY - CHAP
T1 - Applied Creolistics in the 21st Century
AU - Siegel, Jeff
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Applied creolistics can be defined as: "The application of the theories, methods, or findings of pidgin and creole linguistics (or creolistics) to the solution of practical problems." (This follows definitions of applied linguistics, such as that of Crystal, 1987, p. 415.) The major undisputed finding of creolistics is that pidgins, creoles, semicreoles, and related nonstandard or minority dialects are legitimate, rule-governed varieties of language that differ in systematic ways from recognized standard languages. This is opposed to the still popular stereotype of these varieties as corrupted, incorrect, and illegitimate forms of careless speech.
AB - Applied creolistics can be defined as: "The application of the theories, methods, or findings of pidgin and creole linguistics (or creolistics) to the solution of practical problems." (This follows definitions of applied linguistics, such as that of Crystal, 1987, p. 415.) The major undisputed finding of creolistics is that pidgins, creoles, semicreoles, and related nonstandard or minority dialects are legitimate, rule-governed varieties of language that differ in systematic ways from recognized standard languages. This is opposed to the still popular stereotype of these varieties as corrupted, incorrect, and illegitimate forms of careless speech.
KW - Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)
UR - http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35676964
UR - http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pZdkAAAAMAAJ
UR - http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=65149&vLang=E&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1
M3 - Chapter
SN - 0820451495
T3 - Studies in Ethnolinguistics
SP - 7
EP - 48
BT - Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in the Twenty-First Century
A2 - Gilbert, Glenn
PB - Peter Lang Publishing, Inc
CY - New York, United States of America
ER -