Reflections on creole genesis in New Caledonia
| Autor: | Karin Speedy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Linguistica Hafniensia. 45:187-205 |
| ISSN: | 1949-0763 0374-0463 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03740463.2014.897817 |
| Popis: | Tayo, the Pacific's only documented French-based creole, is the community language of Saint-Louis, a village on the outskirts of Noumea. Tayo has a short, yet very complex, history. Initially represented as a purely endogenous Melanesian creation by Corne and Ehrhart in their various publications throughout the 1990s, this view was challenged firstly on linguistic grounds by Chaudenson (1994) who saw similarities between Tayo and Reunionnais. Speedy's (2007a, 2007b, 2008, 2009, 2012) socio-historical studies demonstrated an extensive and hitherto unknown contact history between Saint-Louis and immigrants from Reunion which led to the conclusion that Reunionnais was one of the input languages into the emerging local creole. However, these are but two of the Tayo stories. This paper discusses different scenarios for the development of Tayo, including the parts the Marists, the mission school-educated girls and local pidgins had to play in its evolution, and considers the role of inside and outside influence... |
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