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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458013603321

Autore

Versteegh C. H. M

Titolo

Pidginization and creolization [[electronic resource] ] : the case of Arabic / / Kees Versteegh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1984

ISBN

1-283-31412-6

9786613314123

90-272-8012-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, , 0304-0763 ; ; v. 33

Disciplina

492/.77

Soggetti

Arabic language - History

Pidgin languages

Creole dialects, Arabic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

PIDGINIZATION AND CREOLIZATION: THE CASE OF ARABIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THE ARABIC LANGUAGE IN THE PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD; NOTES; CHAPTER II. THE TRANSITION FROM OLD ARABIC TO NEW ARABIC; NOTES; CHAPTER III. PIDGINIZATION AND CREOLIZATION; NOTES; CHAPTER IV. THE SOCIO-LINGUISTIC CONTEXT OF THEEARLY PERIOD OF ISLAM; NOTES; CHAPTER V. PIDGINIZATION AND CREOLIZATION IN ARABIC; NOTES; CHAPTER VI. MODERN ARABIC TRADE-LANGUAGES, PIDGINS, AND CREOLES; NOTES; CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSIONS AND PROSPECTS; NOTES; REFERENCES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSINDEX OF NAMES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Sommario/riassunto

This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the language went through these processes, as can be concluded from the sociolinguistic context of the period. The radical changes in the



language that led to the development of the modern dialects are then seen as the result of pidginization and creolization. Data from the dialects are compared with phenomena in pidginized/c