The Relabeling-Based Theory of Creole Genesis
The Relabeling-Based Theory of Creole Genesis
The content of this chapter is intended to introduce the relabeling-based theory of creole genesis to readers who are not familiar with it, as well as to present its latest developments to those who are. This chapter thus contains a summary of the relabeling-based (a.k.a. relexification) theory of creole genesis as it has been updated over the last fifteen years. In this approach, relabeling plays a central role in the genesis of creoles; other processes then apply to the output of relabeling. The summary of the theory presented here includes the most recent additions, revisions, and developments. It also includes replies to major comments and critiques that have been addressed to this theory over the years. In addition, it considers new data, from Saramaccan, Papiamentu, and other creoles, that allow for a wider and deeper discussion of the issues involved.
Keywords: relabeling, creole genesis, Saramaccan, Papiamentu, relexification
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
