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Framing of the study of pidgin and creole languages - history of the field, interdisciplinary connectionsĭemonstrating how fundamentally human and natural these communication systems are, how rich in expressive power and sophisticated in their complexity, The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

Usage, function and power - sociolinguistic and artistic perspectives on pidgins and creoles, creoles as sociocultural phenomena.

Space and place - areal perspective on pidgin and creole languages.

Divided into three sections, its analysis covers:

Providing unique and equal coverage of nearly all parts of the world where such languages are found, as well as situating each area within a rich socio-historical context, this book presents fresh and diverse interdisciplinary perspectives from leading voices in the field. The result is a stimulating one-volume reference work covering the key issues, topics, and research in this field.The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages offers a state-of-the-art collection of original contributions in the area of Pidgin and Creole studies.

There have been various studies of Pidgin and Creole languages. The book is structured into five sections covering: the properties of pidgins and creoles issues in pidgin/creole genesis pidgins/creoles and linguistic explanation the relation of pidgins/creoles to kindred languages and their role in society. Keywords: Pidgin, Creole, Language, Communication, Grammar, Interlanguage, Communication. The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies tackles these cross-linguistic questions that animate pidgin and creole studies.īringing together newly commissioned material 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. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics. SpanishBased Creoles in the Caribbean - The Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Studies - Wiley Online Library Chapter 22 Spanish-Based Creoles in the Caribbean John M. The comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory.