The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies
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Beschreibung
Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited andbroad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics andresearch in pidgin and creole studies.
* A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of coreaspects of pidgins/creoles, focusing on the questions that animatecreole studies
* Brings together newly-commissioned entries by an internationalcontributor team
* Accessibly structured into four sections covering: thecharacter of pidgins and creoles; the relation of pidgins/creolesto other language phenomena and other languages; issues inpidgin/creole genesis; and the role of pidgins/creoles insociety
* Provides a valuable resource for students, scholars andresearchers working across a number linguistic disciplines,including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and theanthropology of language
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Silvia Kouwenberg
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"This handbook provides a timely overview of a constantly changingand growing field and serves as a handy reference for anyoneworking on pidgins and creoles or related issues."
-James Walker, York University
"A most informative handbook on pidgin and creole languages.Superbly edited, and written by the preeminent scholars in thefield."
-Armin Schwegler, University of California, Irvine
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