Please check the society’s website for the call for papers and the latest news:įor information contact: Dr. Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies.

Anne Merkuur (University of Groningen Fryske Akademy)Ībstracts for papers on the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, or any other issue pertinent to the linguistic study of Pidgins, Creoles and other contact varieties are invited for anonymous review. Panel proposals are encouraged.ĭeadline for proposals will been extended until 19 February (most likely) Philipp Krämer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Khalid Mourigh (Meertens Institute, The Netherlands)

Nihayra Leona (University of Amsterdam Levende Talen Papiaments, NL/Curaçao).

Languages whose name contains Pidgin or a variant thereof are regionally restricted to the Pacific and to.

Christine Ofulue (National Open University of Nigeria, Nigeria) This chapter examines the terms pidgin and creole and the complications that arise from efforts to arrive at precise definitions of them, specifically with regard to determining which speech varieties are pidgins and creoles. The meeting aims to promote a dialogue between scholars in Creole and in minority language studies and sociolinguistics. The theme of the conference is Creoles, minority languages and language contact varieties: Sharing perspectives. The Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics (SPCL) will hold its summer meeting from June 26 to June 28, 2023 (and excursion on June 29) at the University of Groningen.

Contact languages pidgins and creoles