creole |
Definition -
A language developed by mixing the vocabulary and grammar of other languages. For example, Jamaican Creole consists largely of English words expressed via West African grammar.
Notes: 1. They differ from pidgins because they have the natural-language grammatical features that are normally missing from pidgins. Hence, Steven Pinker describes a creole as: "The language that results when children make a pidgin their native tongue." |
Etymology - The word derives from the Portuguese crioulo, home-born slave. Ultimately, it derives from the Latin creare, to produce or create. |
Oxford English Dictionary - The term's first citation in this sense is from 1879: "I explique myself to her, and she tell me in Creole—[etc.]." (L. Hearn Creole Sk. (1924) 54). For a more detailed explaination hire online essay writers that may provide additional analysis of any term of word you are interested in. |