Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-02-12 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Basic notions in the field of creole studies, including the category of “creole languages” itself, have been questioned in recent years: Can creoles be defi
Noun Phrases in Creole Languages
Language: en
Pages: 508
Authors: Marlyse Baptista
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-14 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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This volume offers a thorough examination of the syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and discourse properties of noun phrases in a wide variety of creole (and non-cr
Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Claire Lefebvre
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-02-26 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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The content of this book is concerned with various issues at stake in Creole studies that are also of interest for general linguistics. These include the genera
The Haitian Creole Language
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Arthur K. Spears
Categories: Creole dialects, French
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Lexington Books

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The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by t
The Emergence of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Jeff Siegel
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-28 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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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 a