An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles

by John A. Holm

Book Overview

This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. Long misunderstood as bad versions of European languages, today such varieties as Jamaican Creole English, Haitian Creole French and New Guinea Pidgin are recognized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585813
• ISBN13: 9780521585811
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"