Pidgin And Creole Linguistics

Author : Umberto Ansaldo,Miriam Meyerhoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000221480

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The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Umberto Ansaldo,Miriam Meyerhoff Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages offers a state-of-the-art collection of original contributions in the area of Pidgin and Creole studies. Providing unique and equal coverage of nearly all parts of the world where such languages are found, as well as situating each area within a rich socio-historical context, this book presents fresh and diverse interdisciplinary perspectives from leading voices in the field. Divided into three sections, its analysis covers: Space and place – areal perspective on pidgin and creole languages Usage, function and power – sociolinguistic and artistic perspectives on pidgins and creoles, creoles as sociocultural phenomena Framing of the study of pidgin and creole languages – history of the field, interdisciplinary connections Demonstrating how fundamentally human and natural these communication systems are, how rich in expressive power and sophisticated in their complexity, The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

Author : Claire Lefebvre
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027281852

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Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Claire Lefebvre Pdf

The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the general issue of Creole genesis and of the accelerated linguistic change that characterizes the emergence of these languages as compared to ordinary cases of linguistic change, the problem of the development of morphology in incipient Creoles, the problem of the validity of data in linguistic analysis, the issue of multifunctionality as regards the concept of lexical entry, the question of whether Creole languages are semantically more transparent than languages not known as Creoles, the issue of whether Creole languages constitute a typologically identifiable class and the problem of the interaction between the processes involved in the emergence and development of Creole languages. The purpose of this book is to present the major debates that are currently taking place in the field of Creole studies; evaluate the arguments against data (mainly drawn from Haitian Creole); and address the issues at stake within the framework of new paradigms. The various positions on each issue are summarized on the basis of a thorough review of the literature.

Author : Suzanne Romaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315504964

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Pidgin and Creole Languages by Suzanne Romaine Pdf

This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.

Author : Albert Valdman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Creole dialects
ISBN : 0783787332

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Pidgin and Creole Linguistics by Albert Valdman Pdf

Author : Jeff Siegel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199216666

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The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Jeff Siegel Pdf

This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies.

Author : Suzanne Romaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315504957

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Pidgin and Creole Languages by Suzanne Romaine Pdf

This book defines and describes the linguistic features of these languages and considers the dynamic developments that bring them into being and lead to changes in their structure.

Author : Arthur K. Spears,Donald Winford
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027275851

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The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles by Arthur K. Spears,Donald Winford Pdf

Destined to become a landmark work, this book is devoted principally to a reassessment of the content, categories, boundaries, and basic assumptions of pidgin and creole studies. It includes revised and elaborated papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in addition to commissioned papers from leading scholars in the field. As a group, the papers undertake this reassessment through a reevaluation of pidgin/creole terminology and contact language typology (Section One); a requestioning of process and evolution in pidginization, creolization, and other language contact phenomena (Section Two); a reinterpretation of the sources and genesis of grammatical aspects of Saramaccan and Atlantic creoles in general (Section Three); a reconsideration of the status of languages defying received definitions of pidgins and creoles (Section Four); and analyses of aspects of grammar that shed light on the issue of what a possible creole grammar is (Section Five).

Author : John Holm
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521585813

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An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles by John Holm Pdf

A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.

Author : Arthur Kean Spears,Donald Winford
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027252418

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The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles by Arthur Kean Spears,Donald Winford Pdf

Destined to become a landmark work, this book is devoted principally to a reassessment of the content, categories, boundaries, and basic assumptions of pidgin and creole studies. It includes revised and elaborated papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in addition to commissioned papers from leading scholars in the field. As a group, the papers undertake this reassessment through a reevaluation of pidgin/creole terminology and contact language typology (Section One); a requestioning of process and evolution in pidginization, creolization, and other language contact phenomena (Section Two); a reinterpretation of the sources and genesis of grammatical aspects of Saramaccan and Atlantic creoles in general (Section Three); a reconsideration of the status of languages defying received definitions of pidgins and creoles (Section Four); and analyses of aspects of grammar that shed light on the issue of what a possible creole grammar is (Section Five).

Author : Peter Mühlhäusler
Publisher : Global Book Marketing Limited
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015047559565

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Pidgin and Creole Linguistics by Peter Mühlhäusler Pdf

Author : Susanne Maria Michaelis,Philippe Maurer,Martin Haspelmath,Magnus Huber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199691401

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The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Susanne Maria Michaelis,Philippe Maurer,Martin Haspelmath,Magnus Huber Pdf

The most authoritative guide ever published to the world's pidgin and creole languages. The 3-volume Survey describes their histories and linguistic characteristics. The Atlas of Pidgins and Creoles, published at the same time, shows how 130 linguistic features are distributed among the world's languages.

Author : Jacques Arends,Pieter Muysken,Norval Smith
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1994-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299505

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Pidgins and Creoles by Jacques Arends,Pieter Muysken,Norval Smith Pdf

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.

Author : Viveka Velupillai
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 599 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027268846

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Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages by Viveka Velupillai Pdf

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.

Author : Jacques Arends,Pieter Muysken,Norval Smith
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027252364

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Pidgins and Creoles by Jacques Arends,Pieter Muysken,Norval Smith Pdf

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.

Author : John McWhorter
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027299482

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Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles by John McWhorter Pdf

This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. The papers demonstrate how pidgins and creoles shed light on issues such as verb movement, contact-induced language change and its gradations, discourse management via tense-aspect particles, language genesis, substratal transfer, and Universal Grammar, and cover a wide range of contact languages, ranging from English- and French-based creoles through Portuguese creoles of Africa and Asia, Sango, Popular Brazilian Portuguese, West African Pidgin Englishes, and Hawaiian Creole English.