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16-September-2008 16:15:14 - Post-creole speech continuum Redirected from Acrolect Due to the relationship between a creole language and its superstrate language, that is, a language that is very closely related and whose speakers assert social, political, and economic dominance over speakers of said creole language, a post-creole continuum or creole continuum may arise. It is a process wherein a creole language will decreolize and become closer in phonology, morphology, and syntax to the standard of the dominant language but to different degrees depending on a speaker's status and education. Contents 1 Stratification 2 Other examples 3 Notes 4 References Stratification William Stewart, in 1965, proposed that the terms acrolect and basilect be the sociolinguistic labels for the upper and lower boundaries respectively of a post-creole speech continuum.1 In the early 1970s Derek Bickerton popularized these terms as well as mesolect for intermediate points in the continuum to refer to the phenomenon of code-switching used by some users of creole languages who also have some fluency in the standard language upon which the contact language is based. University of Chicago linguist Salikoko Mufwene explains the phenomenon of creole languages as basilectalization away from a standard, often European, language among a mixed European and non-European population.2 In certain speech communities, a continuum exists between speakers of a creole language and a related standard language. There are no discrete boundaries between the different varieties and the situation in which such a continuum exists involves considerable social stratification. The following table from Bell 1975 shows the 18 different ways of rendering the phrase I gave him one in Guyanese English: 1 aɪ geɪv hɪm wÊŒn 2 wan 3 a ɪm 4 iË? 5 gɪv hɪm 6 ɪm 7 iË? 8 dɪd gɪv 9 dɪ gɪ 10 dɪd 11 dɪ giË? 12 gɪ hiË? 13 mɪ 14 iË? 15 bɪn 16 giË? 17 æm 18 The continuum shown has the acrolect form as aɪ geɪv hɪm wÊŒn which is nearly identical with Standard English while the basilect form is mɪ bɪn giË? æm wan. Due to code-switching, most speakers have a command of a range in the continuum and, depending on social position, occupation, etc can implement the different levels with various levels of skill.3 If a society is so stratified as to have little to no contact between groups who speak the creole and those who speak the superstrate dominant language, a situation of diglossia occurs, rather than a continuum. Assigning separate and distinct functions for the two varieties will have the same effect. This is the case in Haiti with Haitian Creole and French. Use of the terms acrolect, mesolect and basilect avoids the value judgement inherent in earlier terminology, by which the languague spoken by the ruling classes in a capital city was defined as the correct or pure form while that spoken by the lower classes and inhabitants of outlying provinces was a dialect characterised as incorrect, impure or debased. Other examples It has been suggested Rickford 1977; Dillard 1972 that AAVE is a decreolized form of a slave creole. Once blacks acquired recognition of equality under the law, opportunities for interaction created a strong influence of standard American English onto the speech of blacks so that a continuum exists today with Standard English as the acrolect and varieties closest to the original creole as the basilect. In Jamaica, a continuum exists between Jamaican English and Jamaican Patois.4 Notes ^ Irvine 2004:42 ^ Salikoko Mufwene: Pidgin and Creole Languages ^ DeCamp 1977:? ^ Meade 2001:19 References Bell, R.T. 1976, Sociolinguistics: Goals, Approaches, and Problems, Batsford Bickerton, Derek 1975. Dynamics of a Creole System. Cambridge University Press. DeCamp, D 1977, The Development of Pidgin and Creole Studies, in Valdman, A, Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Indiana University Press Dillard, John L. 1972, Black English: Its History and Usage in the United States, Random House, ISBN 0-394-71872-0 Meade, R.R. 2001, Acquisition of Jamaican Phonology, Dordrecht: Holland Institute of Linguistics Rickford, John 1977, The Question of Prior Creolization in Black English, in Valdman, A, Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Indiana University Press Stewart, William 1965, Urban Negro speech: Sociolinguistic factors affecting English teaching, in R. Shuy, Social dialects and language learning, pp. 10-19 Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Post-creole_speech_continuum#Stratification Categories: Pidgins and creoles Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page This page was last modified on 21 July 2008, at 21:27
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