Creolization of Language and Culture

by Robert Chaudenson

Book Overview

Creolization of Language and Culture is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's landmark text Des les, des hommes, des langues, which has also been fully revised.
. With reference to the main varieties of creole French, Chaudenson argues against the traditional account of creole genesis for a more sophisticated paradigm which takes full account of the peculiar linguistic and social factors at play in colonial societies.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415145929
• ISBN13: 9780415145923
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"