Datapoint Creolese/Domains of use: radio and TV news

For the most part, Creolese is not used in television and radio broadcasting. As Rickford reports, there is a certain expectancy of the 'average radio announcer', which is to 'avoid nonstandard varieties of English especially in syntax'. However, as noted in the survey conducted by Holbrook & Holbrook (2002: 18),programmes are aired in which Creolese is used. Creolese can also be heard in some television and radio interviews.

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Limited

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Certain