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Article published In: Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Vol. 36:2 (2021) ► pp.395–422

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Language styles, styling and language change in Creole communities

 | University College Dublin, Ireland
Published online: 14 January 2022
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.00080.mig
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Finding styles, defining repertoires
  • 3.Traditional styles: Linguistic features and social features
  • 4.Dynamics of stylistic change
    • 4.1Changes in the community’s linguistic repertoire
    • 4.2Changing stylistic repertoires and new social identities
  • 5.Traditional styles and change
    • 5.1Changes in negative linguistic politeness
    • 5.2Emergence of new styles
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
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