Creole Explained
Creole Explained
Marc L.
Updated Analysis of White Creolophones & Louisiana's Odd Linguistic Continuum
22 minutes Posted Apr 1, 2023 at 4:00 pm.
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Here I explore the unique white identifying Creole-speakers. Whites could have acquired some of the creole language while working along blacks during the reconstructive and post-reconstructive era. They also could have learned Creole from black caretakers (both enslaved and free). Yet, we also must consider that "Creole" , unlike the case in other former French areas, is not well distinguished from French in Louisiana. The two language exist on a continuum. This is interesting, because this sort of continuum only is usually seen in English Creoles, as noted by McWhorter.

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