The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies Hardback
Edited by Silvia (University of the West Indies) Kouwenberg, John Victor (New York University) Singler
Part of the Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics series
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:704 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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- ISBN:9780631229025
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:704 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:14/11/2008
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- ISBN:9780631229025