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Bastard tongues: a trailblazing linguist finds clues to our common humanity in the world's lowliest languages

By Derek , Bickerton

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux;Hill and Wang
ISBN
9780809028177, 0809028174, 9780809028160, 0809028166
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1243669 bytes)
Pages
270 pages : map ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Creole dialects;Travel;BickertonDerekDerek -- Travel;Bickerton

Description

Becoming a linguist -- Grappling with Guyana -- A different kind of system -- Colombia before cocaine -- The road to the isles -- Under the rainbow -- From pidgin to Creole -- The forbidden experiment -- After the island -- The infernal machine -- Surinam : the crucible -- Seychelles and serials -- Hawaii's hidden history -- Coda. Becoming a linguist -- Grappling with Guyana -- A different kind of system -- Colombia before cocaine -- The road to the isles -- Under the rainbow -- From pidgin to Creole -- The forbidden experiment -- After the island -- The infernal machine -- Surinam : the crucible -- Seychelles and serials -- Hawaii's hidden history -- Coda.

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