36.2308, Books: New Perspectives on Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole: Alleesaib and Lefort (eds.) (2025)

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Date: 30-Jul-2025
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: New Perspectives on Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole: Alleesaib and Lefort (eds.) (2025)


Title: New Perspectives on Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole
Subtitle: Standardization, grammar and language use
Series Title: Contact Language Library
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/coll.61

Editor(s): Muhsina Alleesaib; Julie Lefort

eBook ISBN:  9789027246196 Pages:  332 Price: Europe EURO 135.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027246196 Pages:  332 Price: U.K. £ 113.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027246196 Pages:  332 Price: U.S. $ 176.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027219190 Pages:  332 Price: Europe EURO 135.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027219190 Pages:  332 Price: Europe EURO 143.10
Hardback ISBN:  9789027219190 Pages:  332 Price: U.K. £ 113.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027219190 Pages:  332 Price: U.S. $ 176.00

Abstract:

In the South-West Indian Ocean, Mauritius and Reunion are part of a
group of islands where French-based Creoles are spoken. In spite of
their geographical proximity, Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole are
strikingly different in their morphosyntax. The first part of this
volume describes some structural properties of their grammars. Both
languages also differ in the degree to which they are standardized and
used in education and in public spaces. One of the goals of this
volume is to examine their social status and their use in writing,
especially after the introduction of Mauritian Creole as a subject in
schools as one of the ancestral languages. French and Bhojpuri are
also part of the multilingual Mauritian context. One chapter in this
volume analyses the role of Bhojpuri in the formation of Mauritian
Creole, while another studies the pronunciation of Mauritian French.

Written In: English (eng)



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