Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on New Trends in Social Sciences
Year: 2023
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Pidgins and Creoles: Analysis of The Etymology, Relevant Theories and The Influence of Media
Alp Bugra Oder
ABSTRACT:
Being a common phenomenon, bilingualism occurs when a person acquires two languages. Bilingualism can take place by virtue of commercial, political, educational purposes. Educational purposes aside, unwavering commercial and political ambitions of bigger civilizations coerced them to colonize smaller civilizations. For this reason, they imposed their languages on the colonized local people. Locals responded to the demands of colonizers by forming their own languages called pidgin. As this common language evolved and became the native language of the contiguous generation, the language improved in accordance with its linguistic features, that is, creolized. A number of theories regarding their origin exists in the literature. Thus; the present review aims to examine and explain these theories with respect to their historical background and framework and mention the influence of media on pidgins and creoles appealing to antecedent studies in the literature.
Based on the analysis of different studies, the present review concludes that pidgins and creoles are not inaccurate versions of standard languages, but separate languages worthy of studying. Besides, the theories of pidgin and creole origins are all useful guidelines that require holistic analysis because of their interconnectedness. Theories of polygenesis and monogenesis present this integrity complying with Stammbaum (1871) and Wellentheorie (1872). When it comes to influence of the media, the present review concludes that mediatic tools, such as television, the Internet and mobile phones, along with literature and music, enable locals to demonstrate their identity, but may sometimes lead to cyberbullying and illegal acts.
keywords: Baby Talk Hypothesis, Computer Mediated Communication, Monogenesis, Nautical Jargon Hypothesis, Polygenesis, Relexification