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This book examines some of the changes that are taking place in Tok Pisin, an English-based pidgin, as it becomes the native language of the younger generation of rural and urban speakers.
This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why... Læs mere
This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why... Læs mere
Placing pidgins and creoles in the wider setting of linguistic theory, this book aims to bridge the gap between introductory material and primary material. It... Læs mere
This is an accessible book which makes an important contribution to the study of Pidgin and Creole language varieties, as well as to the development of contemporary European languages outside Europe.
Georgian: A Learner's Grammar is a completely revised and updated guide to the fascinating and most widely spoken language of the Caucasus.
This study focuses on the cognitive processes involved in creole genesis: relexification, reanalysis, and direct levelling. The... Læs mere
Professor Gilbert has edited and translated a coherent selection of the most important essays of Hugo Schuchardt, comprising his studies of the English-based creoles and two of his major theoretical papers on the Lingua Franca and the Language of the Saramacca Negroes in Surinam.
This book provides one of the best and most thorough studies available in English of the syntax of a non-Indo-European language.
In this volume the author describes and systematically accounts for language variation in a Creole-speaking community and assesses the implications the study has on generally... Læs mere
Language, Mind and Nature is a 2007 text which fully reconstructs this artificial language movement. In so doing, it reveals a great deal about the beliefs and activities of those who sought to reform learning in seventeenth-century England.
This case study aims to provide an insight into the language use of Afro-Caribbeans in London. It places emphasis on the linguistic background of the community and in particular on young people of the first and second British-born generations.