Divergent Relexification- pidgins and creo's can be traced back to common ancestor language called Lingua Franca- (language used during common mission of crusades) Nautical Jargon- Sailors created and spread pidgin and creoles Universals (Bioprogram)- Born with a universal language In order for pidgin to develop it must of had a target language and 2 substrate languages Gombo-the Creoles that slave descents spoke Creols- people born in Louisiana but of French extraction Cajun- dialect of French with some english from French and Indican War Hypothesis that African American dialects can be traced back to the British -(faulty theory) The belief that African American Dialects developed historically from an ancestral creole language, in?uenced by both colonial English and West African languages at core is the settler dialect- AAD influence by dialect spoken by british the lingua franca of Mediterranean sailors that influenced pidgin slave ship English  (Lingua Franca?) Portuguese stole africans to established pidgin as the lingua franca, or language of commerce, spoken along the West African coast during the period of the Atlantic slave trade

1. Monogenetic theories

Divergent Relexification- pidgins and creo's can be traced back to common ancestor language called Lingua Franca- (language used during common mission of crusades)
Nautical Jargon- Sailors created and spread pidgin and creoles
Universals (Bioprogram)- Born with a universal language

2. Hybridization Theory

In order for pidgin to develop it must of had a target language and 2 substrate languages

3. Gombo/Creol/Cajun

Gombo-the Creoles that slave descents spoke
Creols- people born in Louisiana but of French extraction
Cajun- dialect of French with some english from French and Indican War

4. Dialectal Hypothesis

Hypothesis that African American dialects can be traced back to the British
-(faulty theory)

5. Creole Hypothesis

The belief that African American Dialects
developed historically from an ancestral creole
language, in?uenced by both colonial English and
West African languages

6. Compromise Hypothesis

at core is the settler dialect- AAD influence by dialect spoken by british

7. Sabir

the lingua franca of Mediterranean sailors that influenced pidgin slave ship English

8. Portugese Pidgin

(Lingua Franca?)

9. Reconnaissance Language

Portuguese stole africans to established pidgin

10. West African Pidgin English

as the lingua franca, or language of commerce, spoken along the West African coast during the period of the Atlantic slave trade. British slave merchants and local African traders developed this language in the coastal areas in order to facilitate their commercial exchanges, but it quickly spread up the river systems into the West African interior because of its value as a trade language among Africans of different tribes