An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles
(Part of the Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Series)
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This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as bad versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521585813
ISBN13:9780521585811
Release Date:September 2000
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:308 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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