Culture · 6 pages · 12 min
Why a creole is a full language
A creole has native speakers and a grammar that can be extended to whatever they need to say.
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From the opening
A creole is a full language because it has native speakers, a stable sound system and grammar, and room to add words and sentences for whatever the community talks about. Nothing that linguists require of a language is missing from that description. The opening covers native acquisition is the test, particles and order can be a full grammar, and borrowed words are not broken structure.
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Inside
- Native acquisition is the test
- Particles and order can be a full grammar
- Borrowed words are not broken structure
- Prestige is not the same as completeness
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Native acquisition of creole grammatical systems
- Lexifier vocabulary set against creole grammar