The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies tackles the cross-linguistic questions that animate pidgin and creole studies. Bringing together newly-commissioned entries by an international contributor list, this comprehensive and broad-ranging collection explores the core aspects of pidgins/creoles, from phonology to language acquisition, and from language variation to education. The book is 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 their role in society. The result is a stimulating one-volume reference work covering the key issues, topics, andresearch in this field. INDICE: Contributor notes. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: Silvia Kouwenberg (University of the West Indies, Jamaica) and John Victor Singler (New York University). PART 1: Properties of Pidgins and Creoles:. 2. Atlantic Creole Syntax: Don Winford (Ohio State University). 3. Forging Pacific Pidgin and Creole Syntax: Substrate, Discourse, and Inherent Variability: Miriam Meyerhoff (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom). 4. Pidgin and Creole Morphology: TerryCrowley (formerly the University of Waikato, New Zealand). 5. Creole Phonology: Norval Smith (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). 6. Pidgins Versus Creoles and Pidgincreoles: Peter Bakker (Aarhus University, Denmark). 7. Non-Indo-European Pidgins and Creoles: Kees Versteegh (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands). PART 2: Perspectives on Pidgin/Creole Genesis:. 8. Pidgins, Creoles, and Second Language Acquisition: Jeff Siegel (University of New England, Australia). 9. The Impact of the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis: Tonjes Veenstra (Centre for General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research, Germany). 10. Pidgins/Creoles, and Historical Linguistics: Sarah Thomason (University of Michigan). 11. Pidgins/Creoles and Contact Languages: An Overview: Raj Mesthrie (University of Cape Town, South Africa). 12. Creole Studies and Multilingualism: Pieter Muysken (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). 13. A Demographic Perspective on Creole Formation: Jacques Arends (formerly the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands). 14. The Sociohistorical Context of Creole Genesis: John Victor Singler (New York University). 15. The Cultural in Pidgin Genesis: Christine Jourdan (Concordia University). PART 3: Pidgins/Creoles and Linguistic Explanation:. 16. Grammaticalization in Pidgins and Creoles: Adrienne Bruyn (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). 17. Creoles, Markedness, and Default Settings: An Appraisal: Alain Kihm (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France). 18. The Nature of Evidence in Explanations ofPidgin/Creole Genesis: Evidence from Semantic Structure: George Huttar (Editor of SIL International). 19. Pidgins, Creoles, and Variation: Peter Patrick (University of Essex, United Kingdom). PART 4: Pidgins/Creoles and Kindred Languages:. 20. The Case of Signed Languages in the Context of Pidgin and Creole Studies: Judy Kegl (University of Southern Maine). 21. Pidgins/Creoles and African American English: Arthur Spears (The City University of New York). 22. Spanish-Based Creoles in the Caribbean: John Lipski (Pennsylvania State University). PART 5: Pidgins/Creoles in Society:. 23. Pidgins/Creoles and Discourse: Genevieve Escure (University of Minnesota). 24. Pidgins/Creoles and Education: Dennis Craig (formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana). 25. Language Planning in Pidgins and Creoles: Hubert Devonish (University of the West Indies, Jamaica). 26. Literary Representations of Creole Languages: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives from the Caribbean: Helene Buzelin (Universite de Montreal, Canada) and Lise Winer (McGill University, Canada).
- ISBN: 978-0-631-22902-5
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 704
- Fecha Publicación: 14/11/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés