Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles /
Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles /
edited by John McWhorter
- Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing, 2000
- vi, 503 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Creole language library, ISSN 0920-9026 ; v. 21 .
Fifteen papers selected from those presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held Jan. 1996 in San Diego, Jan. 1997 in Chicago, and June 1997 in London
Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages
9027252432 RM446.60
9904-084886
Pidgin languages--Congresses
Languages in contact--Congresses
Linguistic change--Congresses
Fifteen papers selected from those presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held Jan. 1996 in San Diego, Jan. 1997 in Chicago, and June 1997 in London
Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages
9027252432 RM446.60
9904-084886
Pidgin languages--Congresses
Languages in contact--Congresses
Linguistic change--Congresses