The Creole Debate

by John McWhorter

Book Overview

Creoles have long been the subject of debate in linguistics, with many conflicting views, both on how they are formed, and what their political and linguistic status should be. Indeed, over the past twenty years, some creole specialists have argued that it has been wrong to think of creoles as anything but language blends in the same way that Yiddish is a blend of German and Hebrew and Slavic. Here, John H. McWhorter debunks the most widely accepted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108450830
• ISBN13: 9781108450836
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"