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/
Individual creole languages
Bislama
Vanuatu: Bislama: http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/bislama.html
Hawai'i Creole
Hawai‘i: Hawai'i Creole ("Pidgin"): http://www.hawaii.edu/satocenter/langnet/definitions/hce.html
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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