Creole Languages in Diasporic Contexts

Carolin Patzelt, Katrin Mutz, Magnus Fischer (Eds.)

Creole Languages in Diasporic Contexts. Language Biographies and Plurilingual Identities

ISBN 978-3-98940-067-2, 184 S., 8 Abb., 15 Tab., kt., € 25,00 (2025)

(Inputs - Kritische Beiträge zum postkolonialen und transkulturellen Diskurs, Bd. 8)

This volume represents a selection of the talks given at the International Symposium on “Language biographies and plurilingual identities in diasporic contexts“ (University of Bremen, March 28th-March 31st 2022). While plurilingual contexts and language contacts resulting from migrational movements have received increasing attention in linguistics over the past years, the particularities of language contact and linguistic developments in diasporic contexts have not yet been extensively studied. This is particularly true with regard to creole languages – even though the majority of creole speakers live in diasporic contexts. Based on the discussion of concrete case studies, this volume seeks to provide impulses from creole studies to the research field of 'migration and diaspora'. At the same time, it contributes to anchoring diaspora research in creole studies, thus focusing on the topics of globalization and transnational mobility, which have been widely neglected in creole studies so far. The contributions at hand comprise different philologies. They represent different approaches and questions relating to diaspora studies and discuss different English- and Romance-based creole languages from different geographical regions. Thus, a rather comprehensive illumination of a promising new field of research is provided and the need to bring together fields and approaches which have been applied independently of one another so far is highlighted.

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