Helen Ugbogbo

Magdalene Akwemoh

Abstract

Pidgin and Creoles are languages of communicative convenience that may arise from language contact, mixing, minimization of communicative process of a language or may develop separately. Creoles is a standardized pidgin. There are divergence of opinion amongst scholars on some aspects of origins, functions, transition process of Pidgin to Creole and sometimes a Creoles or Pidgin may become extinct in some communities when necessary to adopt another language by a process of de-creolization. Pidgin, initially thought to be a corrupted version of a standard language of a dominant trade group, more insights have arisen from research on origin, peculiarities, expanded functions, scope of acceptability and mode of transitions of this seemingly limited variety of languages to standard versions. The paper explores issues of origin, peculiarities, functions, mode of transitions and associated relevant theories or assertions on developments of Pidgin and Creole.

   

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Published: 2024

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