Open AccessThe Making of Languages and New Literacies: San Andrés-Providence Creole with a View on Jamaican and Haitian
Author(s) -
Angela Bartens
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
lingüística y literatura/lingüística y literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2422-3174
pISSN - 0120-5587
DOI - 10.17533/udea.lyl.n79a13
Subject(s) - creole language , english based creole languages , focus (optics) , consolidation (business) , linguistics , history , english language , foreign language , modern language , philosophy , physics , accounting , optics , business
The aim of this paper is to examine the idea of «language making» and new literacies in creole languages with a focus on San Andrés-Providence Creole English. Jamaican and Haitian Creole are taken as points of comparison for their more advanced state of consolidation. Posts from Facebook groups gathered between February 2016 and July 2020 as the main source of data were complemented by 2015 data on San Andrés linguistic landscapes. The main finding is that, due to a favorable change in language attitudes both locally and globally, San Andrés-Providence Creole is entering into the domain of writing.