The Emergence Machine

Creole

abstract · linguistics · Level 12 · E8

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

creole emerges from pidgin + language.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “creole” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “creole”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
fra

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL12L11L10L9L3L2L1L0CreolePidginMorphology LingMorphemeCellMeaningResultUnderstand… intermediate l…ConsequenceFormInformationLifeActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesCreoleL12MeaningL3PidginL11E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Meaning L3 (requires)
    creole builds on the concept of meaning
  • Pidgin L11 (definitional)
    Pidgin is part of the definition of creole.