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The seminar is concerned with major aspects of the study of pidgins and creoles, e.g. theories covering the genesis of such forms, and aims to describe the relevance of pidgin and creole research to linguistic theory. It examines the processes of simplification, lexification (by English and other languages), complexification, expansion and creolisation as well as the phenomena resulting from a post-creole continuum. The following forms, among others, are scrutinised with regard to sociohistorical context, current exoglossic situation and linguistic development: Jamaican Creole, Krio (of Sierra Leone), Cameroon Pidgin English and Papua New Guinea Pidgin English (Tok Pisin). |
