Abstract
Born of contacts between North American, Caribbean, African and European languages and cultures, Louisiana Creole is the quintessential product of hybridization and syncretism. By examining some of the language's structural and lexical features, such as the expression of progressive aspect in ap(é) and the culinary term couche-couche, a cornmeal dish served with milk, sour milk or coffee, I propose to show how the analytical framework of the ecology of languages developed by S. Mufwene provides a better understanding of the hybridization process that gave rise to the Louisiana Creole language and the Creole culture it conveys.
