03305nam 2200685 a 450 991081971210332120200520144314.01-107-11405-597866123889721-282-38897-50-511-64277-61-139-16415-50-511-15306-60-511-55589-X0-511-05412-2(CKB)1000000000004190(EBL)164757(OCoLC)614723425(SSID)ssj0000182831(PQKBManifestationID)11166905(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182831(PQKBWorkID)10172072(PQKB)11003404(UkCbUP)CR9781139164153(MiAaPQ)EBC164757(Au-PeEL)EBL164757(CaPaEBR)ebr10064623(CaONFJC)MIL238897(EXLCZ)99100000000000419019990414d2000 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn introduction to pidgin and creoles /John Holm1st ed.Cambridge [England] ;New York Cambridge University Press20001 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge textbooks in linguisticsTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-58581-3 0-521-58460-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-266) and index.Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS; Dedication; 1 Introduction; 2 The development of theory; 3 Social factors; 4 Lexicosemantics; 5 Phonology; 6 Syntax; 7 Conclusions; REFERENCES; INDEXThis textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as 'bad' versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right. John Holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved. His new findings on structural typology, including non-Atlantic creoles, permit a wide-ranging assessment of the nature of restructured languages worldwide. This much-needed book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, western European languages, anthropology and sociology.Cambridge textbooks in linguistics.Creole dialectsPidgin languagesCreole dialects.Pidgin languages.417/.22Holm John A156718MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819712103321An introduction to pidgin and creoles3940347UNINA