Semantic Phenomena in Creole Languages: Material

General resources on creole languages

The Language Varieties Web Site: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/index.html

The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online (APiCS Online): http://apics-online.info/

Derek Bickerton. 2016. Roots of language (Classics in Linguistics 3). Berlin: Language Science Press. Open access via: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/91

Individual creole languages

Bislama

Vanuatu: Bislama: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/bislama.html

Cape Verdian Creole

Cape Verde

• Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Creole

Hawai'i Creole

Hawai‘i: Hawai'i Creole ("Pidgin"): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/hce.html

Jamaican

• Information in APiCS: http://apics-online.info/contributions/8
  Joseph T. Farquharson. 2013. Jamaican structure dataset. In: Michaelis, Susanne Maria & Maurer, Philippe & Haspelmath, Martin & Huber, Magnus (eds.) Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://apics-online.info/contributions/8, Accessed on 2016-03-05.)

Kamtok

Cameroon: Kamtok (Cameroon Pidgin English): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/cameroon.html

Krio

Sierra Leone: Krio: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/krio.html

Naijá

Nigeria: Naijá (Nigerian Pidgin): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/naija.html

Papiamentu

Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao: Papiamentu: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/papiamentu.html

Tok Pisin

Papua New Guinea: Tok Pisin: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/tokpisin.html

Other varieties

More varieties included on the Language Varieties Website:

• Australia: Aboriginal English: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/aboriginal.html
• England: Newcastle upon Tyne dialect ("Geordie"): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/geordie.html
• Singapore: Singapore Colloquial English ("Singlish"): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/singlish.html
• Trinidad: Trinidad French Creole: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/trinidad.html
• U.S.A. (mainland): African American English ("Ebonics"): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/aave.html

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