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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971262703321

Titolo

The structure and status of pidgins and creoles : including selected papers from the meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics / / editors, Arthur K. Spears, Donald Winford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

1-283-32780-5

9786613327802

90-272-7585-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 461 pages) : illustrations, map

Collana

Creole language library, , 0920-9026 ; ; v. 19

Altri autori (Persone)

SpearsArthur K <1943-> (Arthur Kean)

WinfordDonald

Disciplina

417/.22

Soggetti

Pidgin languages

Creole dialects

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

section 1. Terminology and typology -- section 2. Process and evolution -- section 3. Sources and genesis -- section 4. Questions of status -- section 5. Aspects of structure.

Sommario/riassunto

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 commissioned papers from leading scholars in the field. As a group, the papers undertake this reassessment through a reevaluation of pidgin/creole terminology and contact language typology (Section One); a requestioning of process and evolution in pidginization, creolization, and other language conta