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The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

By Silvia Kouwenberg , John Victor Singler

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
ISBN
0631229027, 9780631229025
LCC
PM7802 .H36 2008
Open Library ID
OL11015561M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4231453 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
704\697
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Языки и языкознание;Лингвистика;Социолингвистика;Я

Description

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 studiesBrings together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor teamAccessibly 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 societyProvides a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working across a number linguistic disciplines, including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and the anthropology of language

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