The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies - Silvia Kouwenberg
Автор: | Silvia Kouwenberg |
Издательство: | John Wiley & Sons Limited |
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Жанр произведения: | Зарубежная образовательная литература |
Год издания: | 0 |
isbn: | 9781444305999 |
Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited and broad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics and research in pidgin and creole studies. A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of core aspects of pidgins/creoles, focusing on the questions that animate creole studies Brings together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor team Accessibly structured into four sections covering: the character of pidgins and creoles; the relation of pidgins/creoles to other language phenomena and other languages; issues in pidgin/creole genesis; and the role of pidgins/creoles in society Provides a valuable resource for students, scholars and researchers working across a number linguistic disciplines, including sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and the anthropology of language