Pidgins and Creoles: Volume 1, Theory and Structure (Cambridge Language Surveys)
ISBN-13:
9780521249805
ISBN-10:
0521249805
Author:
John A. Holm
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
276 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780521249805
ISBN-10:
0521249805
Author:
John A. Holm
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
276 pages
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Pidgins and Creoles: Volume 1, Theory and Structure (Cambridge Language Surveys) (ISBN-13: 9780521249805 and ISBN-10: 0521249805), written by authors
John A. Holm, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1988.
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This first volume of Holm's major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an up-to-date and readable introduction to a field of study that has become established only in the past few decades. Written for both students and general readers with a basic knowledge of linguistics, the book's original perspective will also attract specialists in the field seeking a broad overview of the linguistic relationships among these languages. Creolized, or restructured versions of English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portugese, and other languages arose during European colonial expansion. These resulted in such creoles as Jamaican, Haitian, Papiamentu, and some one hundred others, as well as such semi-creoles as Afrikaans, non-standard Brazilian Portugese, Papiamentu, and American Black English. Scholars have tended to work on particular language varieties in relative isolation, making comparative research into the genesis, development, and structure of creoles difficult. In writing this book, Holm draws on broad studies of many languages to make clear how far-reaching creoles'similarities are and to challenge current linguistic theories on creoles and pidgins. The emphasis of this volume is largely empirical rather than descriptive. Its core is a comparative study of creoles based on European languages in Africa and the Caribbean that demonstrates the striking similarities among the languages in terms of their lexical semantics, phonology, and syntax. A forthcoming volume provides a socio-historic overview of variety development and text examples, with translations, of the restructured languages.
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