1. English and
Creole
A Comparison

3. Primary word order:
Subject, Verb, Object
Ex: “ I kick the ball.”
Similarities

4. English Creole
• Inflection for tense • No inflection for tense
• Inflection for person • No inflection for person
• Add –s or –es for plural • Plural nouns determined
nouns by context
• 1 verb “to know” • 3 different verbs often
translated to mean “to
know”
Differences

5. Common types of errors:
“He walk in the park each day.”
“I talk to him yesterday.”
“All of the dog are in the yard.”
Implications of Transfer
of L1 to L2

6. • Broussard, J. F. (1972). Louisiana Creole Dialect. Port
Washington, NY: Kennikat Press.
• Creole Languages (1983). Bicerton, D. Retrieved July 9,
2012, from
http://www.ohio.edu/people/thomsoc/Creole.html
• Haitian Creole Language (2009). Retrieved July 7, 2012, from
http://ayitinou.com/learn-about-haiti/haitian-creole-language-.html
Sources