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

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