Approaches to Variation in Creole Studies
Edited by Isabelle Léglise, Bettina Migge and Nicolas Quint
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 36:1 (2021) v, 219 pp.
Isabelle Léglise
List of John Benjamins publications in which Isabelle Léglise is involved.
Titles
The Interplay of Variation and Change in Contact Settings
Edited by Isabelle Léglise and Claudine Chamoreau
This volume is at the cross-roads between two research traditions dealing with language change: contact linguistics and language variation and change. It starts out from the notion that linguistic variation is still a little researched area in most contact-induced language change studies. Intending… read more[Studies in Language Variation, 12] 2013. vii, 264 pp.
Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects
Edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens
This volume offers a first survey of projects from around the world that seek to implement Creole languages in education. In contrast to previous works, this volume takes a holistic approach. Chapters discuss the sociolinguistic, educational and ideological context of projects, policy developments… read more[Creole Language Library, 36] 2010. vii, 356 pp.
2021 Introduction Approaches to Variation in Creole Studies, Léglise, Isabelle, Bettina Migge and Nicolas Quint (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Introduction
2015 Assessing the sociolinguistic situation of the Maroon creoles Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 30:1, pp. 63–115 | Article
Recent anthropological and socio-historical research on Maroon populations suggests that Maroon communities have undergone significant social change since the 1960s spurred by processes of urbanization. However, to date very little is known about how these social changes are impacting on the Maroon… read more
2013 The interplay of inherent tendencies and language contact on French object clitics: An example of variation in a French Guianese contact setting The Interplay of Variation and Change in Contact Settings, Léglise, Isabelle and Claudine Chamoreau (eds.), pp. 137–164 | Article
Standard and non-standard variations relating to object clitics in the French spoken in French Guiana (in contact with Guianese Creole) may be explained by three combined factors: linguistic and typological tendencies and contactinduced transfer. This paper determines the exact role each of these… read more
2013 Variation and change in contact settings The Interplay of Variation and Change in Contact Settings, Léglise, Isabelle and Claudine Chamoreau (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
This paper introduces two linguistic fields dealing with language change: contact linguistics and sociolinguistic research on variation. It argues that although there is no language change without variation, linguistic variation is still an opaque area, a blind spot, for most contact-induced… read more
2011 On the emergence of new language varieties: The case of the Eastern Maroon Creole in French Guiana Variation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency, Hinrichs, Lars and Joseph T. Farquharson (eds.), pp. 207–230 | Article
Creoles are traditionally assumed to lack stylistic depth. Researchers recognize a basilectal variety and/or a mesolect, which is generally assumed to result from contact between the basilect and a European language. While the historical foundation of this model has been much called into question,… read more
2010 Integrating local languages and cultures into the education system of French Guiana: A discussion of current programs and initiatives Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects, Migge, Bettina, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens (eds.), pp. 107–132 | Article
In this paper we present and critically assess three programs that are currently running in French Guiana. They aim to integrate some local languages and cultures into the local education system that is otherwise identical to that of Metropolitan France. We discuss and compare their emergence,… read more
2010 Creoles in education: A discussion of pertinent issues Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects, Migge, Bettina, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens (eds.), pp. 1–30 | Article
This paper reviews and critically assesses issues that pertain to the implementation of Creole languages in education. We review historical, social and political issues that have hindered the introduction of most of these contact languages in the educational domain as well as the factors that have… read more