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In:New Perspectives on Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole: Standardization, grammar and language use
Edited by Muhsina Alleesaib and Julie Lefort
[Contact Language Library 61] 2025
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Introduction

 | University of Mauritius
 | Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Published online: 7 April 2025
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Creoles and their genesis
    • The formation of Reunion Creole and Mauritian Creole
    • Influence from non-European languages
  • 3.Mauritian and Reunion Creole: Syntactic aspects
  • 4.Sociolinguistic perspectives
    • Orthography and writing system
    • Questioning ethnicity and education: Creole as a taught subject
    • Attitudes toward Creole in education
    • Technical terminology and education
    • Written Creole in public space
    • Sociolinguistic landscape and Mauritian French
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
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