Creole Language and Culture Research Institute
Research
Creole Language and Culture Research Institute
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Mrs. Penda Choppy
Director of Creole Language and Culture Research Institute
+248 438 1237
Research Projects
Le créole parlé par les jeunes seychellois : des nouvelles pratiques langagières favorisées par le contact entre l’anglais et le créole.
Researcher –
- A. Vel
Type –
- Doctoral Research
Partner/s –
- Université Aix-Marseille
Collaborator –
- University of Seychelles
Status –
- Ongoing
Seychelles Folklore Database
Researcher –
- P. Choppy
- C. Moka
Type –
- Documentation
Partner/s –
- Nat. Culture Institute
Collaborator –
- Nat. Culture Institute
Status –
- Ongoing
The Creole Garden
Researchers –
- P. Choppy & C. Moka
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
- Prof. Ananya Jahanara Kabir
Collaborator –
- King’s College, London
Status –
- Abstract Submitted
Island Gardens
Researcher –
- P. Choppy
- C. Moka
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
- Dr. Jennie Teasedale, ISISA
Collaborator –
- ISISA
Status –
- Chapter submitted and approved.
Memories of Slavery in Seychelles
Researcher –
- P. Choppy
- C. Moka
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
- Dr. Odile de Commarmond
Collaborator –
- NACF (Sey)
Status –
- Ongoing
Safeguarding the Creole language, culture and heritage: the case of the Seychelles
Researcher –
- A. Vel
M. M. Kretzer
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
- The University of Bedfordshire (V. Cuffy & J. Carr)
Collaborator –
- Palgrave MacMillan Ltd.
Status –
- Completed
Le créole dans l’enseignement aux Seychelles : Un état des lieux
Researcher –
- P. Choppy
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
Peter Stein
Phillip Kramer
Caroline Putz
Collaborator –
Status –
- In Press
Seychelles’ linguistic landscape: decolonizing and deconstructing language ideologies and practices through the use of the creole language in the multilingual public signage system.
Researcher –
- A. Vel
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
Dr. Michael M. Kretzer: University of the Western Cape (UWC), South Africa
Collaborator –
Status –
Abstract submitted and accepted.
Article to be submitted end of July 2024
A Morpho-Semantic Analysis of Reduplication in French-Lexified Creoles
Researcher –
- C. Pejakovic
Type –
- Doctoral research
Partner/s –
Collaborator –
- University of New England, Australia
Status –
- Ongoing
A Trilingual Masters and Trilingual Grammar for Seychelles
Researcher –
- CLCRI
- UniSey Lang. Dept.
Type –
- Language Course & tools production
Partner/s –
- Ambassade de France Seychelles
Collaborator –
- University of Aix-Marseille & Max Planck Institute
Status –
- Phase 1 (course preparation and grammar outline)
Climate Change & Cultural Sustainability
Researcher –
- Ananya Jahanara Kabir,
- Rosa Buenel
- CLCRI
Type –
Collaborative research
Partner/s –
- King’s College, London
Collaborator –
- King’s College, London University
Status –
- Ongoing
A collection of trickster tales from Seychelles for Fontes Historiae Africanae series (published by OUP)
Researcher –
- P. Choppy
Type –
- Publication
Partner/s –
- Ananya Jahanara Kabir
Collaborator –
- The British Academy
Status –
- Ongoing
Cultural Heritage for Coastal Tourism and Climate Action in the Indian Ocean Region A Research and Capacity Building Project in the African Diaspora
Researcher –
R. Boswell
Type –
IORA project
Partner/s –
- Nelson Mandela University
Collaborator –
- IORA
Status –
- Ongoing
Towards safeguarding Chagossian Creole: Understanding how language attitudes and ideologies shape practice in exile and exodus
- Researcher –
J. Kasstan,
P. Choppy,
A. Vel
S. Hassamal
Type –
- Collaborative project
- Socio-linguistic project between UK, Seychelles and Mauritius
Partner/s –
- Université Aix-Marseille
Collaborator –
- The University of Westminster
Status –
- Ongoing
