Children are extremely gifted in acquiring their native languages,
but languages nevertheless change over time. Why does this paradox
exist? In this study of creole languages, Enoch Olade Aboh
addresses this question, arguing that language acquisition requires
contact between different linguistic sub-systems that feed into the
hybrid grammars that learners develop. There is no qualitative
difference between a child learning their language in a
multilingual environment and a child raised in a monolingual
environment. In both situations, children learn to master multiple
linguistic sub-systems that are in contact and may be combined to
produce new variants. These new variants are part of the inputs for
subsequent learners. Contributing to the debate on language
acquisition and change, Aboh shows that language learning is always
imperfect: learners' motivation is not to replicate the target
language faithfully but to develop a system close enough to the
target that guarantees successful communication and group
membership.
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