*The effects of sociolinguistics on creolistics

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The most important contributions of sociolinguistic approaches to pidgin and creole linguistics have been:

• - The Whorfian concept of linguistic relativism ... <[LINK]>
• - A re-evaluation of the boundaries and relationships of

pidgins and creoles to each other and other varieties of

language ...................................... <[LINK]>

-- The related idea of continua, of varieties, repertoires,

registers ........................................ <[LINK]>