Pidgins and Creoles
An introduction
Editors
| University of Amsterdam
| University of Amsterdam
| University of Amsterdam
This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion in the classroom, while Part III: Sketches of Individual Languages (such as Eskimo Pidgin, Haitian, Saramaccan, Shaba Swahili, Fa d'Ambu, Papiamentu, Sranan, Berbice Dutch) and Part IV: Grammatical Features (such as TMA particles and auxiliaries, noun phrases, reflexives, serial verbs, fronting) can form the basis for further exploration. A concluding chapter draws together the different strands of argumentation, and the annotated list provides the background information on several hundred pidgins, creoles and mixed languages.
Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the Atlantic creoles receive the attention they deserve. Pidgins are not treated as necessarily an intermediate step on the way to creoles, but as linguistic entities in their own right with their own characteristics. In addition to pidgins, mixed languages are treated in a separate chapter.
Research on pidgin and creole languages during the past decade has yielded an abundance of uncovered material and new insights. This introduction, written jointly by the creolists of the University of Amsterdam, could not have been written without recourse to this new material.
Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the Atlantic creoles receive the attention they deserve. Pidgins are not treated as necessarily an intermediate step on the way to creoles, but as linguistic entities in their own right with their own characteristics. In addition to pidgins, mixed languages are treated in a separate chapter.
Research on pidgin and creole languages during the past decade has yielded an abundance of uncovered material and new insights. This introduction, written jointly by the creolists of the University of Amsterdam, could not have been written without recourse to this new material.
[Creole Language Library, 15] 1994. xv, 412 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | pp. xi–xiii
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List of abbreviations used | pp. xv–xvi
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Maps | p. xvii
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I. General aspects
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1. The study of pidgin and creole languagesPieter Muysken and Norval Smith | pp. 3–14
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2. The socio-historical background of creolesJacques Arends | pp. 15–24
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3. PidginsPeter Bakker | pp. 25–39
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4. Mixed languages and language intertwiningPeter Bakker and Pieter Muysken | pp. 41–52
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5. VariationVincent A. de Rooij | pp. 53–64
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6. Decolonization, language planning and educationRené Appel and Ludo Verhoeven | pp. 65–74
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7. Creole literatureLilian Adamson and Cefas G. Th. van Rossem | pp. 75–84
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II. Theories of genesis
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8. Theories focusing on the European inputHans den Besten, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith | pp. 87–98
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9. Theories focusing on the non-European inputJacques Arends, Silvia Kouwenberg and Norval Smith | pp. 99–109
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10.Gradualist and developmental hypothesesJacques Arends and Adrienne Bruyn | pp. 111–120
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11. Universalist approachesPieter Muysken and Tonjes Veenstra | pp. 121–134
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III. Sketches of individual languages
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12. Eskimo pidginHein van der Voort | pp. 137–151
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13. HaitianPieter Muysken and Tonjes Veenstra | pp. 153–164
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14. SaramaccanPeter Bakker, Norval Smith and Tonjes Veenstra | pp. 165–178
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15. Shaba SwahiliVincent A. de Rooij | pp. 179–190
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16. Fa d’AmbuMarike Post | pp. 191–204
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17. PapiamentoSilvia Kouwenberg and Pieter Muysken | pp. 205–218
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18. SrananLilian Adamson and Norval Smith | pp. 219–232
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19. Berbice DutchSilvia Kouwenberg | pp. 233–243
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IV. Grammatical features
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20. TMA particules and auxiliariesPeter Bakker, Marike Post and Hein van der Voort | pp. 247–258
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21. Noun phrasesAdrienne Bruyn | pp. 259–269
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22. ReflexivesPieter Muysken and Norval Smith | pp. 271–288
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23. Serial verbsPieter Muysken and Tonjes Veenstra | pp. 289–301
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24. FrontingTonjes Veenstra and Hans den Besten | pp. 303–315
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V. Conclusions and annotated language list
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25. ConclusionsJacques Arends, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith | pp. 319–330
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26. An annotated list of creoles, pidgins, and mixed languagesNorval Smith | pp. 331–374
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Subject index | pp. 397–402
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Index of languages | pp. 403–405
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Index of place names | pp. 407–408
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Author Index | pp. 409–412
“... this is undoubtedly the best book for use as a part of a university course on pidgin and creole languages that has yet appeared.”
Philip Baker, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 59:2 (1996).
“The work is, without doubt, the definitive intoduction to pidgin and creole languages and linguistics. As a textbook, it would be ideal for an introductory or advanced undergraduate course in pidgin and creole languages.”
Philip Baker, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 59:2 (1996).
“The work is, without doubt, the definitive intoduction to pidgin and creole languages and linguistics. As a textbook, it would be ideal for an introductory or advanced undergraduate course in pidgin and creole languages.”
Dudley K. Nylander, Studies in Language 23.1
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