DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH-LEXIFIER CREOLES: A NEW LOOK AT BAHAMIAN
DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES OF ENGLISH-LEXIFIER CREOLES: A NEW LOOK AT BAHAMIAN

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a partial replica of a study by Hackert and Huber (2007). It first documents the earliest attestations in Bahamian of the diagnostic features of English-lexifier pidgins and creoles proposed by Baker and Huber (2001). Bahamian is then compared to the seven Atlantic English-lexifier varieties considered by Baker and Huber (2001). As shown by Hackert and Huber (2007), this feature-based approach allows for the quantification of the affinity between Bahamian and Gullah. Finally, a number of selected diagnostic features recorded in Bahamian are discussed in terms of their origin and of their distribution.

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