PC 4 DIALECT

Pidgin

A new language which develops in situations where speakers of different languages need to communicate but don’t share a common language.

Creole

When children start learning a pidgin as their first language and it becomes the mother tongue of a community.

Creole

Like pidgin, it is a distinct language which has taken most of its vocabulary from another language, the lexifier, but has its own grammatical rules.

Creole

It is not restricted in use, and is like any other language in its full range of functions.

Creole

Examoles: Gullah, Jamaican Creole, Hawai’i Creole

Patwa (from patois)

Speakers of Jamaincan Creole call their language _____

Pidgin

Soeakers of Hawai’i Creole English call their language _____

Regional Dialect

Is not a distinct language but a variety of a language spoken in a particular area of a country.

Regional Dialect

Some _____ have been given traditional names which make them out as being significantly different from standard varieties spoken in the same place.

Minority Dialect

Sometimes members of a particular minority ethnic group have their own variety which they use as a marker of identity, usually alongsidr a standard variety.

Minority Dialect

Examples of this: African American Vernacular English in the USA, London Jamaican in Britain, and Aboriginal English in Australia.

Indigenized Variety

Are spoken mainly as second languages in ex-colonies with multilingual populations.

Indigenized Variety

The differences from standard variety may be linked to English proficiency, or may be part of a range of varieties used to express identity.

Singapore

Singlish

Language Varieties (Wardhaugh)

A specific set of linguistic terms or human speech patterns which can be associated with some external factors.