21. Multilingualism, Indigenization, and Creolization
- Tej K. Bhatia,
- William C. Ritchie
Published Online: 3 OCT 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332382.ch21
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Book Title
The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition
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How to Cite
Siegel, J. (2012) Multilingualism, Indigenization, and Creolization, in The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition (eds T. K. Bhatia and W. C. Ritchie), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118332382.ch21
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Syracuse University, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 3 OCT 2012
- Published Print: 7 NOV 2012
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Print ISBN: 9781444334906
Online ISBN: 9781118332382
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Keywords:
- contact-induced language change;
- creolization;
- indigenization;
- multilingual contexts;
- psycholinguistic processes;
- second-language acquisition;
- sociohistorical contexts;
- sociolinguistic processes
Summary
The contact between languages in multilingual contexts can lead to language change and the formation of new varieties of language. Indigenization refers to the contact-induced linguistic changes resulting in a new dialect, while creolization refers to the emergence of a new language. This chapter looks at these closely related phenomena and their social contexts, and discusses the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic processes that bring them about. The phenomena arising from language contact, indigenization, and creolization have a lot in common, especially with regard to processes of reduction and overgeneralization in second-language acquisition and transfer in second-language use.