Creole exceptionalism in a historical perspective –from 19th century reflection to aself-conscious discipline  

Oleh:

Kramer, Philipp

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 38 (2013), page 99–109.
Fulltext: 38_Kr-mer.pdf (303.86KB)

Isi artikel

In order to re-evaluate the ongoing debate about so-called creole exceptionalism, parallels and continuities from historical texts are shown in a line of argumentation that can be found both in works from the 19th century and from today. Mainly, the influentialstudy of Mauri- tian Creole by Charles Baissac (1880) exhibits considerable similarities with today’s excep- tionalist positions. Persisting arguments suc has the idea of creoles as ‘‘simple’’, ‘‘young’’ and ‘‘natural’’ languages are (and were)to show the difference of creoles from other lan- guages. Creolists argue that evidence of creoles as adistinct class provides support for the rel- evance and indepen dence of creolistics as a discipline. Comparing contemporary and historical sources can shed new light on the epistemological heritage of the field.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali