Language and regional variation

The study of Language by George Yule (2006)

New words
Dialect continuum: the gradual merging of one regional variety of a language into another
Lexifier: the main source of words in a pidgin
Post-creole continuum: the range of varieties that evolves in communities where a creole is spoken, usually as a result of decreolization

Study questions
1 Hawai’I Creole English
2 Accent is restricted to pronunciation. Dialect is used to describe grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
3 The dialect description tends to be more accurate of a period well before the time of investigation by using NORMS.
4 An isogloss represents a boundary between the areas with regard to that one particular linguistic item.
5 Selection and codification are the first two stages of language planning.
6 Creole is used as a first language by a population of native speaker, but pidgin has no native speakers.