Pidgins and Creoles Volume I: Theory and Structure

by John A. Holm

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521271088
• ISBN13: 9780521271080
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"