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Contact Languages

Pidgins and Creoles

  • Textbook
  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Mark Sebba
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Part of the book series: Macmillan Modern Linguistics (MAML)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Close Encounters between Languages

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 1-36

  3. The Character of Pidgins

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 37-69

  4. Pidgin Origins

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 70-98

  5. From Pidgin to Creole: Stages of Development

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 99-133

  6. Creolisation

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 134-167

  7. Creole Origins

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 168-202

  8. Continuing Contact: Life after Creolisation

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 203-234

  9. Pidgins and Creoles: Issues for Development

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 235-263

  10. Conclusions

    • Mark Sebba
    Pages 264-291

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 292-314
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About this book

Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies. The book deals with the linguistic, historical and social aspects of the development of pidgin and creole languages. Detailed case studies of individual pidgins and creoles are based around texts drawn from a range of different types and contexts (mainly contemporary), with discussion and grammatical notes. Chapters are interspersed with exercises to consolidate and develop the reader's understanding.

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