Contact and Caribbean Creoles

Abstract

The Caribbean has been a region marked by linguistic and cultural contact to an exceptional degree. The notion of “Caribbean English Creoles” (CEC) is a useful and widely established cover term for these varieties, though it should be conceptualized (and understood in the present context) to encompass the entire range of English-related varieties found in the region. Language contacts in the Caribbean resulted primarily from encounters between Europeans (British people) and Africans, and secondarily also between Africans of different cultural and linguistic origins. The Caribbean is one of the world's main regions where creole languages are spoken. The traditional creolist position of basilects having been the original forms of Caribbean creoles and approximations to English resulting from decreolization coming in only later builds upon the conception of large plantations.

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