Pidgins and Creoles

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-340-70095-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 254 g

Pidgins and creoles have always attracted a great deal of interest - academic and otherwise - but in recent decades they have become increasingly important as a field of linguistic inquiry. Placing pidgins and creoles in the wider setting of linguistic theory, this book bridges the gap between introductory material and primary material, revising students' knowledge of the field as well as acquainting them with key areas of debate in pidgin and creole studies. The author provides a carefully balanced introduction to theoretical aspects of creolistics as well as an even-handed discussion of influences on pidgins and creoles which is well illustrated with rare examples of longer texts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Ishtla

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Definitions

Introduction

What is a Creole?

Pidgins and Creoles in Linguistics

Part 2 Once long ago, not too long ago: Theories of Genesis

Introduction

The superstratal target

The substratal essence

The universalist dimension

Part 3 An' den de news spread across de lan': The Creole Continuum

Quibbles and queries

Part 4 Crick crack, monkey break 'e back for a piece of pommerac?: Language Planning

Introduction

Language planning: definitions and stages

Case study: Language planning in Trinidad.

Über Autor(innen)

Ishtla Singh