Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles (Modern Linguistics)

By Mark Sebba

Book Overview

Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies. The book deals with the linguistic, historical and social aspects of the development of pidgin and creole languages. Detailed case studies of individual pidgins and creoles are based around texts drawn from a range of different types and contexts (mainly contemporary), with discussion and grammatical notes. Chapters are interspersed with exercises to consolidate and develop the reader's understanding. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312175698
• ISBN13: 9780312175696
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 314 Pages