An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles write by John Holm. This book was released on 2000. An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.
Pidgins and Creoles
Pidgins and Creoles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pidgins and Creoles write by Jacques Arends. This book was released on 1994-12-20. Pidgins and Creoles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion in the classroom, while Part III: Sketches of Individual Languages (such as Eskimo Pidgin, Haitian, Saramaccan, Shaba Swahili, Fa d'Ambu, Papiamentu, Sranan, Berbice Dutch) and Part IV: Grammatical Features (such as TMA particles and auxiliaries, noun phrases, reflexives, serial verbs, fronting) can form the basis for further exploration. A concluding chapter draws together the different strands of argumentation, and the annotated list provides the background information on several hundred pidgins, creoles and mixed languages. Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the Atlantic creoles receive the attention they deserve. Pidgins are not treated as necessarily an intermediate step on the way to creoles, but as linguistic entities in their own right with their own characteristics. In addition to pidgins, mixed languages are treated in a separate chapter. Research on pidgin and creole languages during the past decade has yielded an abundance of uncovered material and new insights. This introduction, written jointly by the creolists of the University of Amsterdam, could not have been written without recourse to this new material.
Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages
Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages write by Viveka Velupillai. This book was released on 2015-04-15. Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This lucid and theory-neutral introduction to the study of pidgins, creoles and mixed languages covers both theoretical and empirical issues pertinent to the field of contact linguistics. Part I presents the theoretical background, with chapters devoted to the definition of terms, the sociohistorical settings, theories on the genesis of pidgins and creoles, as well as discussions on language variation and the sociology of language. Part II empirically tests assumptions made about the linguistic characteristics of pidgins and creoles by systematically comparing them with other natural languages in all linguistic domains. This is the first introduction that consistently applies the findings of the Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures and systematically includes extended pidgins and mixed languages in the discussion of each linguistic feature. The book is designed for students of courses with a focus on pidgins, creoles and mixed languages, as well as typologically oriented courses on contact linguistics.
Pidgins and Creoles
Pidgins and Creoles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pidgins and Creoles write by Jacques Arends. This book was released on 1995. Pidgins and Creoles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For review see: Geneviève Escure, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 72, no. 1 & 2 (1998); p. 192-194. - For abstract see: Caribbean Abstracts, no. 7, 1995-1996 (1997); p. 11, no. 0018.
The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies
The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies write by Silvia Kouwenberg. This book was released on 2009-02-11. The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited and broad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics and research in pidgin and creole studies. A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of core aspects of pidgins/creoles, focusing on the questions that animate creole studies Brings together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor team 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 Provides a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working across a number linguistic disciplines, including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and the anthropology of language
