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#1004: Thesis on Kreyol : Winkler paper
From: E Vedrine <evedrine@hotmail.com>
[ "NATIVE SPEAKER ATTITUDES ABOUT HAITIAN KREYOL AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR
THE STUDY OF POST-CREOLE CONTINUA"
by Elizabeth WINKLER
(M.A Thesis). 93 p.
A thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of Arts and
Sciences of Ohio University. 1989
ABSTRACT: - "The purpose of this study is to show that the attitudes of
speakers of Haitian Kreyòl have affected the typical decreolization process
as described by David DeCamp in his 1971 article, 'Toward a generative of a
post-creole continuum'.
A creole usually originates in a situation where the prestige language upon
which it is based is used in some domains and the creole in others. In
countries like Jamaica and Belize, a post-creole continuum exists and the
speakers have the ability to speak several varieties, from basilect to
acrolect. Haitians, however, are 94% monolingual, in Kreyòl, which is
mutually intelligible with Haitian French. Since the majority of Haitians
have no access to programs where they can acquire French, Kreyòl continues
to serve as the language of their religion, and the market. At issue, then,
is the status of Kreyòl in the eyes of the people and the government of
Haiti.
Native Kreyòl-speaking subjects were surveyed and interviewed in Haiti
concerning their attitudes about their language and about its status
compared to that of Haitian French. Haitian speakers express respect for
Kreyòl when asked about the value of it, and the survey results show that
they also would prefer to see it established as the official language.
Implications are drawn concerning the future status of Kreyòl in the schools
and society, as well as for the study of post-creole continua in similar
societies world-wide ?" (E. Winkler, pp. 3)]
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