Search results for "Creole language"

John H. McWhorter, Linguistic simplicity and complexity: Why do languages undress? Language contact and bilingualism, Vol. 1. Berlin: De Gruyter Mout…

2013

Schuchardt, Hugo (1842–1927)

2006

H. Schuchardt's doctoral thesis submitted to Bonn University in 1862 became the basis of the famous three volumes on the vocalism of Vulgar Latin (1866–1868), building a bridge between Classical and Romance Philology. He became a full professor of Romance Philology in Halle, Central Germany, and thereafter in Graz, Austria (1876–1900). In his 770 publications, Schuchardt dealt with the classification of Romance dialects, with etymologies and the cultural background of words discussed, and with descriptions of Portuguese-, French-, Spanish-, English- and Dutch-based creole languages so that Schuchardt became the founder of creolistics. Language mixture in Europe, Africa and Asia was describe…

Llano Zapata, a creole of Spain apologist: exchange-critical apologetic about the Spanish colonization in the mid-eighteenth century

2012

espanolLa colonizacion espanola en America ha constituido, desde el primer momento, tema de polemica historiografica. Y no dejo de serlo en el siglo XVIII. Pues bien, a mediados de la centuria, antes e las vehementes apologias del reinado de Carlos III, encontramos la defensa de la colonizacion espanola por parte de un criollo, Llano Zapata, en un vivo dialogo epistolar con el erudito Gregorio Mayans. EnglishThe Spanish colonization in America has been, from the first moment, a theme of historiographic controversy. And it was on like that during the 18th Century. That�s why, in the middle of the Century, before the vehement apologies in the reign of Carlos III, we can find the defense of th…

The role of language skills in learning to read : The case of bilingualism in French overseas departments

2011

ABSTRACTThis study aims to explain how the practice of two languages (French and Creole) in French overseas departments affects the first educational competencies acquired by children. The students’ performance in both languages was investigated at the beginning of kindergarten, and their reading capacities were measured at the end of Grade 1. The data analysis shows that the practice of Creole has no negative impact on success at reading in French. Furthermore, it appears that the students who performed the best in reading were those who were either more competent in French than in Creole, or those who were equally competent in both languages, according to their assessed reading competence…