George Lang

Lang, George 2021 Review of Grant (2019): The Oxford handbook of language contact Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 36:2, pp. 423–427 | Review

Lang, George 2020 Nominal contact in Michif. By Carrie Gillon and Nicole Rosen Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 35:1, pp. 186–189 | Review

Lang, George 2018 Haitian Creole: Structure, variation, status, origin. By Albert Valdman Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 33:1, pp. 203–205 | Review

Lang, George 2017 Velupillai, 2015. Pidgins, creoles & mixed languages: An introduction Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 32:2, pp. 442–445 | Review

Lang, George 2009 Review of Huber & Velupillai (2007): Synchronic and diachronic perspectives on contact languages Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 24:1, pp. 181–184 | Review

Lang, George 2005 Basilects in Creole Literatures: Examples from Sranan, Capeverdian Crioulo and Antillean Kréyol Creole Language in Creole Literatures, Mühleisen, Susanne (ed.), pp. 85–99 | Article

Language and dialect choice are frequently thematized in creole literature, notably in Alfred Parépou's 1885 Guianese novelAtipa. The concept of the basilect has accordingly played an important role in creole writing, critical thinking, and polemic. Given the assimilative pressure exerted by the… read more

Lang, George 2000 Chaos and Creoles. Towards a New Paradigm? Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles, McWhorter, John H. (ed.), pp. 443 ff. | Article

Lang, George 1997 Islands, Enclaves, Continua: Notes Toward a Comparative History of Caribbean Creole Literatures A History of Literature in the Caribbean: Volume 3: Cross-Cultural Studies, Arnold, A. James (ed.), pp. 29 ff. | Article

Lang, George 1986 Ghana and Nigeria European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Gérard, Albert S. (ed.), pp. 108–115 | Article

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