The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles : Including selected papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics.

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 c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Spears, Arthur K. (Editor ), Winford, Donald (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: John Benjamins Pub. Co. 1997.
Temas:
Pidgin languages.
Creole dialects.
Creole dialects
Pidgin languages
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • THE STRUCTURE AND STATUS OF PIDGINS AND CREOLES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION: ON THE STRUCTURE AND STATUS OF PIDGINS AND CREOLES*; 1. Preamble; 2. Definitions: Typology and terminology; 3. Questions of process; 4. Sources and genesis; 5. Questions of status; 6. Aspects of structure; NOTE; REFERENCES; SECTION ONE: TERMINOLOGY AND TYPOLOGY; JARGONS, PIDGINS, CREOLES, AND KOINES: WHAT ARE THEY?; 1. Introduction; 2. Problems; 2.1. Pidgins versus creoles; 2.2. Jargon; 2.3. Koine.

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