Central America, English And Creoles In
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
3-11-2025
Published In
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia Of World Englishes
Abstract
Creoles and Englishes are spoken all along the Caribbean coast of Central America in Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, and even in the small Caribbean coastal region of Guatemala. They have been relatively unknown despite the wealth of research on Anglophone creoles. Discussed are some of the causes for this discrepancy, the sociohistorical circumstances which gave rise to these varieties, and a sketch of the particularities of contact between creoles and both the lexifier language (English) and a non-lexifier language (Spanish). These creoles offer new lines of inquiry as well as challenges to traditional analyses of creole languages.
Keywords
Belize, Central America, Costa Rica, creoles, English, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Published By
Wiley Blackwell
Editor(s)
K. Bolton
Recommended Citation
Nicté Fuller Medina.
(2025).
"Central America, English And Creoles In".
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia Of World Englishes.
DOI: 10.1002/9781119518297.eowe00284
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-linguistics/278