Pidgin, patois, slang, dialect, creole — English has more forms than you might expect | Public Radio International - http://www.pri.org/stories...
Oct 28, 2014
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"There are probably as many terms for different kinds of English vernacular as there are vernaculars themselves: pidgin, patois, slang, creole dialect and so on."
- Maitani
"But while we usually think of the vernaculars as oral versions of the English language, they're making their way into the written word as well."
- Maitani
Sounds of the Tides: Some Thoughts on Literature in the Vernacular http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarks...
- Maitani