Pidgins and creoles : an introduction
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Pidgins and creoles : an introduction
(Creole language library, v. 15)
J. Benjamins, c1995
- : hb : eur
- : hb : us
- : pbk : eur
- : pbk : us
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Note
Pagination of some printings: xvi, 412 p
"An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages": p. [331]-374
Bibliography: p. [375]-395
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion in the classroom, while Part III: Sketches of Individual Languages (such as Eskimo Pidgin, Haitian, Saramaccan, Shaba Swahili, Fa d'Ambu, Papiamentu, Sranan, Berbice Dutch) and Part IV: Grammatical Features (such as TMA particles and auxiliaries, noun phrases, reflexives, serial verbs, fronting) can form the basis for further exploration. A concluding chapter draws together the different strands of argumentation, and the annotated list provides the background information on several hundred pidgins, creoles and mixed languages.
Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the Atlantic creoles receive the attention they deserve. Pidgins are not treated as necessarily an intermediate step on the way to creoles, but as linguistic entities in their own right with their own characteristics. In addition to pidgins, mixed languages are treated in a separate chapter.
Research on pidgin and creole languages during the past decade has yielded an abundance of uncovered material and new insights. This introduction, written jointly by the creolists of the University of Amsterdam, could not have been written without recourse to this new material.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface
- 2. List of abbreviations used
- 3. Maps
- 4. I. General aspects
- 5. 1. The study of pidgin and creole languages (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 6. 2. The socio-historical background of creoles (by Arends, Jacques)
- 7. 3. Pidgins (by Bakker, Peter)
- 8. 4. Mixed languages and language intertwining (by Bakker, Peter)
- 9. 5. Variation (by Rooij, Vincent de)
- 10. 6. Decolonization, language planning and education (by Appel, Rene)
- 11. 7. Creole literature (by Adamson, Lilian)
- 12. II. Theories of genesis
- 13. 8. Theories focusing on the European input (by Besten, Hans den)
- 14. 9. Theories focusing on the non-European input (by Arends, Jacques)
- 15. 10.Gradualist and developmental hypotheses (by Arends, Jacques)
- 16. 11. Universalist approaches (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 17. III. Sketches of individual languages
- 18. 12. Eskimo pidgin (by Voort, Hein van der)
- 19. 13. Haitian (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 20. 14. Saramaccan (by Bakker, Peter)
- 21. 15. Shaba Swahili (by Rooij, Vincent de)
- 22. 16. Fa d'Ambu (by Post, Marike)
- 23. 17. Papiamento (by Kouwenberg, Silvia)
- 24. 18. Sranan (by Adamson, Lilian)
- 25. 19. Berbice Dutch (by Kouwenberg, Silvia)
- 26. IV. Grammatical features
- 27. 20. TMA particules and auxiliaries (by Bakker, Peter)
- 28. 21. Noun phrases (by Bruyn, Adrienne)
- 29. 22. Reflexives (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 30. 23. Serial verbs (by Muysken, Pieter)
- 31. 24. Fronting (by Veenstra, Tonjes)
- 32. V. Conclusions and annotated language list
- 33. 25. Conclusions (by Arends, Jacques)
- 34. 26. An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languages (by Smith, Norval)
- 35. Bibliography
- 36. Subject index
- 37. Index of languages
- 38. Index of place names
- 39. Author Index
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