The emergence of pidgin and Creole languages / Jeff Siegel.

This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported wit...

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Main Author: Siegel, Jeff
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
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505 0 |a Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Morphological Simplicity in Pidgins; 3 Morphological Simplicity and Expansion in Creoles; 4 Sources of Morphological Expansion; 5 Transfer; 6 Constraints on Substrate Influence; 7 Substrate Reinforcement; 8 Predicting substrate influence; 9 Decreolization?; 10 Conclusion; References; General Index. 
520 |a This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies. - ;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 a. 
650 0 |a Pidgin languages  |x History. 
650 0 |a Creole dialects  |x History. 
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650 7 |a Creole dialects  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Pidgin languages  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
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