The lexicon and creole formation

A reply to Jacobs & Parkvall (2020)

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ID14860384
AuthorsMauro A Fernández (0000-0002-0386-6710, Universidade da Coruña, corresponding author), Eeva Sippola (0000-0001-6414-8723, University of Helsinki)
Year2022
Volume37
Issue2
Pages219-239
Publication date2022-11-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Pidgin and Creole Languages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0920-9034 • E-ISSN: 1569-9870
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/jpcl.00095.fer
OpenAlexW4308483795
LanguageEN
References cited18

There is disagreement as to the formation period of Chabacano, Philippine Creole Spanish. This article examines lexical items that have been claimed to stem from an early period of formation of Chabacano ( Jacobs & Parkvall 2020 ). As a response to these claims, we show with ample dialectological and diachronic evidence that Chabacano items ansina ‘this way, like this,’ endenantes ‘a little while ago’, onde ‘where,’ and vos ‘2 sg ’ are compatible with any period of formation for the Creole. Consequently, the presence of these lexical items in the Chabacano varieties does not link their formation to a hypothetical proto-Creole created before 1640, nor does it lend proof to the hypothesis that the current varieties descend directly from it. In general, we argue that creoles require as rigorous diachronic and diatopic studies as their lexifiers to show the maturity of Creole Studies as a field of inquiry

Creole language · English-based creole languages · Lexical item · Lexicon · Linguistics · Period (music · Word formation · Balkan and Eastern European Studies · History · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices

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