The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies tackles these cross-linguistic questions that animate pidgin and creole studies.īringing together newly commissioned material by an international contributor list, this comprehensive and broad-ranging collection explores the core aspects of pidgins/creoles, from phonology to language acquisition, and from language variation to education. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Provides a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working across a number linguistic disciplines, including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and the anthropology of languageįrom the Back Cover The comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory. Accessibly structured into four sections covering: the character of pidgins and creoles the relation of pidgins/creoles to other language phenomena and other languages issues in pidgin/creole genesis and the role of pidgins/creoles in society.Brings together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor team.A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of core aspects of pidgins/creoles, focusing on the questions that animate creole studies.Book Synopsis Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited and broad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics and research in pidgin and creole studies.
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