Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Name: Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages
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ISBN: 9780199216666

ISBN-10: 0199216665

ISBN-13: 9780199216666

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jeff Siegel

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This book provides explanations for the emergence of contact languages, especially pidgins and creoles. It assesses the current state of research and examines aspects of current theories and approaches that have excited much controversy and debate. The book answers questions such as: How validis the notion of a pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle? Why are many features of pidgins and creoles simple in formal terms compared to other languages? And what is the origin of the grammatical innovations in expanded pidgins and creoles - linguistic universals, conventional language change, theinfluence of features of languages in the contact environment, or a mix of two or more factors? In…

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List price: $100.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/15/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Jeff Siegel is Adjunct Professor of Linguistics in the School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Australia. His recent publications include The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages (2008) and Pidgin Grammar: An Introduction to the Creole Language of Hawai'i (with K. Sakoda, 2003).



Acknowledgements


Abbreviations



Introduction



Morphological Simplicity in Pidgins



Morphological Simplicity and Expansion in Creoles



Sources of Morphological Expansion



Transfer



Constraints on Substrate Influence



Substrate Reinforcement



Predicting Substrate Influence



Decreolization?



Conclusion


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