This document discusses pidgin and creole languages. It defines a pidgin as a simplified language that develops for practical communication between groups without a shared language, such as for trading. A creole then forms when a pidgin becomes the native language of a community. The class covered pidgin and creole languages, regional dialects, and the relationship between language and ethnicity.

1. WELCOME
Class
TO SOCIO LINGUISTICS

2. Pidgin and
Creole
Today we will
discuss pidgin and
creole but before
we have to know ...
Today's
CLASS

3. what is language?

4. Communication of
thoughts and
feelings through a
system of arbitrary
signals, such as
voice sounds,
gestures, or
written
symbols.

5. Properties of
language

6. What is
Pidgin?
A PIDGIN IS A VARIETY
OF A LANGUAGE THAT
DEVELOPED
FOR SOME PRACTICAL
PURPOSE, SUCH AS
TRADING, AMONG
GROUPS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAD A
LOT OF CONTACTS,
BUT WHO DID NOT
KNOW EACH OTHER’S
LANGUAGES.

7. REASONS FOR PIDGINS TO
ARISE
No common language to communicate
A good example of this is the slaves who were
brought from Africa in the nineteenth century to North
America

8. Let's
Discuss
about
Creole

9. Creole
WHEN A PIDGIN
DEVELOPS BEYOND
ITS ROLE AS A TRADE
OR
CONTACT LANGUAGE
AND BECOMES THE
FIRST LANGUAGE OF A
SOCIAL COMMUNITY,
IT IS
DESCRIBED AS A
CREOLE.

10. Creoles are
developed by
children that are
born
into a multilingual
environment
TRY TO
Learn

11. REGIONAL
DIALECT
LANGUAGE
AND
ETHNICITY
THE CONCEPT
OF

12. DIALECT
A variety of the
language
associated with
a
particular
regional or
social group.

13. A regional dialect is a
distinct form of a
language spoken in a
particular geographical
area. Also known as a
regiolect or
topolect
Regional Dialect

14. Language
and
ethnicity

15. Ethnic group

16. RECAP OF TODAY'S CLASS
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Creole Regional
Dialect
Language
and
Ethnicity
Pidgin