Koud Zy´e: A glimpse into linguistic enregisterment on Kr´ey`ol television in Guadeloupe  

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Managan, Kathe

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Sociolinguistics (Full Text) vol. 15 no. 3 (2011), page 299-322.
Topik: Guadeloupe; media; creole languages; enregisterment; language revitalization; minoritized languages
Fulltext: Managan_Kathe.pdf (190.03KB)

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This paper examines Koud Zy´e, a Kr´ey`ol-language segment that was incorporated into the local nightly news in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Caribbean. I argue that the variety of Kr´ey`ol chosen for use in Koud Zy´e illustrates a moment in a process of enregisterment. I demonstrate that the variety of Kr´ey`ol used in Koud Zy´e consciously draws on elements of basilectal creole and presents many similarities to awritten variety developed by language planners for use in schools and in writing, thus distinguishing it from the Frenchified Kr´ey`ol commonly heard in everyday conversation. I suggest that the ideological position that the writers of Koud Zy´e hold toward Kr´ey`ol influenced their choice of language on the program and, furthermore, that the program helped to concretize beliefs about and knowledge of the studied variety of Kr´ey`ol that has been introduced into Guadeloupean schools by activists.

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