The English Language: Past, present and future Pidgins and Creoles-Processes of Colonization

Distinguish between pidgins and creoles and explain how their distinctive grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary have emerged in different parts of the world due to the processes of colonialization. Support your answer with close reference to at least two case studies. ___________________________________________________________ Answer In the first part of this essay, I will define what colonialization is. I will then briefly describe the history of pidgins and creoles, the purpose of their formation, and how this language had …

…their mother tongue. Pidgins and Creoles displayed distinctive features of their own in terms of grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. Words 2119 Bibliography 1.<Tab/>Phoenix, A. (2002). Identities and diversities. In Miell Dorothy, Phoneix Ann and Thomas Kerry (Eds.), Mapping Psychology. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK: The Open University, 43-99 2.<Tab/>Miell Dorothy, Phoneix Ann and Thomas Kerry (Eds.), (2002). Methods Booklets 1 and 2. Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, UK: The Open University.