LEADER 03320nam 22006732 450 001 9910450639103321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-11405-5 010 $a9786612388972 010 $a1-282-38897-5 010 $a0-511-64277-6 010 $a1-139-16415-5 010 $a0-511-15306-6 010 $a0-511-55589-X 010 $a0-511-05412-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004190 035 $a(EBL)164757 035 $a(OCoLC)614723425 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000182831 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166905 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182831 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10172072 035 $a(PQKB)11003404 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139164153 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC164757 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL164757 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064623 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238897 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004190 100 $a20111007d2000|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn introduction to pidgin and creoles /$fJohn Holm$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 282 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge textbooks in linguistics 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-58581-3 311 $a0-521-58460-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-266) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; INDEX 330 $aThis textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as 'bad' versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized as distinct languages in their own right. John Holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved. His new findings on structural typology, including non-Atlantic creoles, permit a wide-ranging assessment of the nature of restructured languages worldwide. This much-needed book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, western European languages, anthropology and sociology. 410 0$aCambridge textbooks in linguistics. 517 3 $aAn Introduction to Pidgins & Creoles 606 $aCreole dialects 606 $aPidgin languages 615 0$aCreole dialects. 615 0$aPidgin languages. 676 $a417/.22 700 $aHolm$b John A.$0156718 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450639103321 996 $aAn introduction to pidgin and creoles$92474527 997 $aUNINA