New Perspectives on Mauritian Creole and Reunion Creole: Standardization, grammar and language use
Edited by Muhsina Alleesaib and Julie Lefort
[Contact Language Library, 61] 2025. vi, 324 pp. + index
SubjectsLinguistics / Creole studies
Titles
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Romance linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Language Contact with Chinese
Edited by Zhiming Bao
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 38:1 (2023) vi, 206 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Approaches to Variation in Creole Studies
Edited by Isabelle Léglise, Bettina Migge and Nicolas Quint
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 36:1 (2021) v, 219 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language Contact in the Territory of the Former Soviet Union
Edited by Diana Forker and Lenore A. Grenoble
[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 50] 2021. vi, 386 pp.
Other subjects Balto-Slavic linguistics | Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Advances in Contact Linguistics: In honour of Pieter Muysken
Edited by Norval Smith, Tonjes Veenstra and Enoch O. Aboh
[Contact Language Library, 57] 2020. ix, 400 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Palenquero and Spanish in Contact: Exploring the interface
John M. Lipski
[Contact Language Library, 56] 2020. xvii, 318 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Multilingualism | Romance linguistics
World Englishes on the Web: The Nigerian diaspora in the USA
Mirka Honkanen
[Varieties of English Around the World, G63] 2020. vii, 338 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Negation and Negative Concord: The view from Creoles
Edited by Viviane Déprez and Fabiola Henri
[Contact Language Library, 55] 2018. x, 327 pp.
Other subjects Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Cameroon Pidgin English: A comprehensive grammar
Miriam Ayafor and Melanie Green
[London Oriental and African Language Library, 20] 2017. xxi, 314 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Creole Studies – Phylogenetic Approaches
Edited by Peter Bakker, Finn Borchsenius, Carsten Levisen and Eeva M. Sippola
[Not in series, 211] 2017. x, 414 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas: In honor of John V. Singler
Edited by Cecelia Cutler, Zvjezdana Vrzić and Philipp Angermeyer
[Creole Language Library, 53] 2017. vii, 369 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language Variation on Jamaican Radio
Michael Westphal
[Varieties of English Around the World, G60] 2017. xvi, 257 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language and Slavery: A social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles
Jacques Arends
[Creole Language Library, 52] 2017. xxix, 463 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Orality, Identity, and Resistance in Palenque (Colombia): An interdisciplinary approach
Edited by Armin Schwegler, Bryan Kirschen and Graciela Maglia
[Contact Language Library, 54] 2017. xvii, 323 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics
Afro-Peruvian Spanish: Spanish slavery and the legacy of Spanish Creoles
Sandro Sessarego
[Creole Language Library, 51] 2015. xvi, 184 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Romance linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Functional Categories in Three Atlantic Creoles: Saramaccan, Haitian and Papiamentu
Claire Lefebvre
[Creole Language Library, 50] 2015. xvii, 386 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Jamaican Creole Goes Web: Sociolinguistic styling and authenticity in a digital 'Yaad'
Andrea Moll
[Creole Language Library, 49] 2015. viii, 294 pp.
Other subjects Corpus linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language Issues in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Edited by Paula Prescod
[Varieties of English Around the World, G51] 2015. xv, 191 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Pidgins, Creoles and Mixed Languages: An Introduction
Viveka Velupillai
[Creole Language Library, 48] 2015. xxvii, 599 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Traveling Conceptualizations: A cognitive and anthropological linguistic study of Jamaican
Andrea Hollington
[Culture and Language Use, 14] 2015. xxiv, 242 pp.
Other subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognitive linguistics | Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Arabic-based Pidgins and Creoles
Edited by Stefano Manfredi and Mauro Tosco
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 29:2 (2014) v, 253 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Pidgins and Creoles beyond Africa-Europe Encounters
Edited by Isabelle Buchstaller, Anders Holmberg and Mohammad Almoaily
[Creole Language Library, 47] 2014. v, 178 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
The Sociolinguistics of Grammar
Edited by Tor A. Åfarli and Brit Mæhlum
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 154] 2014. v, 260 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Functional linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Creole Languages and Linguistic Typology
Edited by Parth Bhatt and Tonjes Veenstra
[Benjamins Current Topics, 57] 2013. v, 279 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
The Interplay of Variation and Change in Contact Settings
Edited by Isabelle Léglise and Claudine Chamoreau
[Studies in Language Variation, 12] 2013. vii, 264 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Agency in the Emergence of Creole Languages: The role of women, renegades, and people of African and indigenous descent in the emergence of the colonial era creoles
Edited by Nicholas Faraclas
[Creole Language Library, 45] 2012. xiii, 246 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Defective Copy Theory of Movement: Evidence from wh-constructions in Cape Verdean Creole
Nélia Alexandre
[Creole Language Library, 41] 2012. xvi, 249 pp.
Other subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives
Edited by Hugo C. Cardoso, Alan N. Baxter and Mário Pinharanda-Nunes
[Creole Language Library, 46] 2012. xi, 375 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Morphosyntax of Reiteration in Creole and Non-Creole Languages
Edited by Enoch O. Aboh, Norval Smith and Anne Zribi-Hertz
[Creole Language Library, 43] 2012. vii, 287 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Phonological Variation in Rural Jamaican Schools
Véronique Lacoste
[Creole Language Library, 42] 2012. xiv, 293 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Language acquisition | Multilingualism | Phonology | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Pidgins and Creoles in Asia
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo
[Benjamins Current Topics, 38] 2012. ix, 170 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten
Edited by Ton van der Wouden
[Creole Language Library, 44] 2012. vii, 458 pp.
Other subjects Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics
Case-Marking in Contact: The development and function of case morphology in Gurindji Kriol
Felicity Meakins
[Creole Language Library, 39] 2011. xxi, 311 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Creoles and Typology
Edited by Parth Bhatt and Tonjes Veenstra
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 26:1 (2011) v, 233 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creoles, their Substrates, and Language Typology
Edited by Claire Lefebvre
[Typological Studies in Language, 95] 2011. ix, 626 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Kwéyòl in Postcolonial Saint Lucia: Globalization, language planning, and national development
Aonghas St-Hilaire
[Creole Language Library, 40] 2011. xv, 316 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Language policy | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language Change in Contact Languages: Grammatical and prosodic considerations
Edited by J. Clancy Clements and Shelome Gooden
[Benjamins Current Topics, 36] 2011. v, 241 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Typology
The Syntax and Semantics of a Determiner System: A case study of Mauritian creole
Diana Guillemin
[Creole Language Library, 38] 2011. xviii, 310 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Generative linguistics | Romance linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Variation in the Caribbean: From creole continua to individual agency
Edited by Lars Hinrichs and Joseph T. Farquharson
[Creole Language Library, 37] 2011. vi, 276 pp.
Other subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creoles in Education: An appraisal of current programs and projects
Edited by Bettina Migge, Isabelle Léglise and Angela Bartens
[Creole Language Library, 36] 2010. vii, 356 pp.
Other subjects Applied linguistics | Language teaching
Pidgins and Creoles in Asian Contexts
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 25:1 (2010) v, 199 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Complex Processes in New Languages
Edited by Enoch O. Aboh and Norval Smith
[Creole Language Library, 35] 2009. vii, 409 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Gradual Creolization: Studies celebrating Jacques Arends
Edited by Rachel Selbach, Hugo C. Cardoso and Margot van den Berg
[Creole Language Library, 34] 2009. x, 392 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
Language Complexity: Typology, contact, change
Edited by Matti Miestamo, Kaius Sinnemäki and Fred Karlsson
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 94] 2008. xiv, 356 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Roots of Creole Structures: Weighing the contribution of substrates and superstrates
Edited by Susanne Maria Michaelis
[Creole Language Library, 33] 2008. xvii, 425 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Theoretical linguistics
The Syntax of Jamaican Creole: A cartographic perspective
Stephanie Durrleman
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 127] 2008. xii, 190 pp.
Other subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Deconstructing Creole
Edited by Umberto Ansaldo, Stephen Matthews and Lisa Lim
[Typological Studies in Language, 73] 2007. xii, 292 pp.
Other subjects Typology
Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: A multi-faceted approach
Edited by Marlyse Baptista and Jacqueline Guéron
[Creole Language Library, 31] 2007. x, 494 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Substrate Influence in Creole Formation
Edited by Bettina Migge and Norval Smith
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 22:1 (2007) 200 pp.
Other subjects Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Contact Languages
Edited by Magnus Huber and Viveka Velupillai
[Creole Language Library, 32] 2007. xii, 370 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Codeswitching on the Web: English and Jamaican Creole in e-mail communication
Lars Hinrichs
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 147] 2006. x, 302 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Multilingualism | Pragmatics
History, Society and Variation: In honor of Albert Valdman
Edited by J. Clancy Clements, Thomas A. Klingler, Deborah Piston-Hatlen and Kevin J. Rottet
[Creole Language Library, 28] 2006. vi, 304 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
L2 Acquisition and Creole Genesis: Dialogues
Edited by Claire Lefebvre, Lydia White and Christine Jourdan
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 42] 2006. viii, 433 pp.
Other subjects Language acquisition | Multilingualism | Theoretical linguistics
Structure and Variation in Language Contact
Edited by Ana Deumert and Stephanie Durrleman
[Creole Language Library, 29] 2006. viii, 376 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics
Creole Language in Creole Literatures
Edited by Susanne Mühleisen
Special issue of Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 20:1 (2005) 232 pp.
Other subjects Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Politeness and Face in Caribbean Creoles
Edited by Susanne Mühleisen and Bettina Migge
[Varieties of English Around the World, G34] 2005. viii, 293 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creoles, Contact, and Language Change: Linguistic and social implications
Edited by Geneviève Escure and Armin Schwegler
[Creole Language Library, 27] 2004. x, 355 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Issues in the Study of Pidgin and Creole Languages
Claire Lefebvre
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 70] 2004. xvi, 358 pp.
Other subjects Historical linguistics
Urban Bahamian Creole: System and variation
Stephanie Hackert
[Varieties of English Around the World, G32] 2004. xiv, 254 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Contact Englishes of the Eastern Caribbean
Edited by Michael Aceto and Jeffrey P. Williams
[Varieties of English Around the World, G30] 2003. xx, 322 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creole Formation as Language Contact: The case of the Suriname Creoles
Bettina Migge
[Creole Language Library, 25] 2003. xii, 151 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Making of a Mixed Language: The case of Ma’a/Mbugu
Maarten Mous
[Creole Language Library, 26] 2003. xx, 322 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Tok Pisin Texts: From the beginning to the present
Peter Mühlhäusler, Thomas E. Dutton and Suzanne Romaine
[Varieties of English Around the World, T9] 2003. x, 284 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creole Discourse: Exploring prestige formation and change across Caribbean English-lexicon Creoles
Susanne Mühleisen
[Creole Language Library, 24] 2002. xiv, 331 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Syntax of Cape Verdean Creole: The Sotavento varieties
Marlyse Baptista
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 54] 2002. xxii, 294 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Other subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | Generative linguistics | Syntax
Creolization and Contact
Edited by Norval Smith and Tonjes Veenstra
[Creole Language Library, 23] 2001. vi, 323 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Degrees of Restructuring in Creole Languages
Edited by Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh and Edgar W. Schneider
[Creole Language Library, 22] 2000. iv, 492 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Language Change and Language Contact in Pidgins and Creoles
Edited by John H. McWhorter
[Creole Language Library, 21] 2000. vii, 503 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Historical linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creole Genesis, Attitudes and Discourse: Studies celebrating Charlene J. Sato
Edited by John R. Rickford and Suzanne Romaine
[Creole Language Library, 20] 1999. viii, 418 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Ghanaian Pidgin English in its West African Context: A sociohistorical and structural analysis
Magnus Huber
[Varieties of English Around the World, G24] 1999. xviii, 322 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Other subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Urban Jamaican Creole: Variation in the Mesolect
Peter L. Patrick
[Varieties of English Around the World, G17] 1999. xx, 329 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Contact Languages: A wider perspective
Edited by Sarah G. Thomason
[Creole Language Library, 17] 1997. xiii, 506 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Creole and Dialect Continua: Standard acquisition processes in Belize and China (PRC)
Geneviève Escure
[Creole Language Library, 18] 1997. x, 307 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Language acquisition
The Structure and Status of Pidgins and Creoles: Including selected papers from meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics
Edited by Arthur K. Spears and Donald Winford
[Creole Language Library, 19] 1997. viii, 461 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Typology
The Early Stages of Creolization
Edited by Jacques Arends
[Creole Language Library, 13] 1996. xvi, 297 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics
The Genesis of a Language: The formation and development of Korlai Portuguese
J. Clancy Clements
[Creole Language Library, 16] 1996. xviii, 281 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Romance linguistics
The Acquisition of Mauritian Creole
Dany Adone
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 9] 1994. xii, 167 pp.
Other subjects Generative linguistics | Language acquisition
Kriyol Syntax: The Portuguese-based Creole language of Guinea-Bissau
Alain Kihm
[Creole Language Library, 14] 1994. xii, 310 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Romance linguistics | Syntax
Pidgins and Creoles: An introduction
Edited by Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith
[Creole Language Library, 15] 1994. xv, 412 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics
Atlantic Meets Pacific: A global view of pidginization and creolization
Edited by Francis Byrne and John Holm †
[Creole Language Library, 11] 1993. ix, 465 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages: Papers from the University of Chicago Conference on Focus and Grammatical Relations in Creole Languages
Edited by Francis Byrne and Donald Winford
[Creole Language Library, 12] 1993. xvi, 329 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Syntax
Predication in Caribbean English Creoles
Donald Winford
[Creole Language Library, 10] 1993. viii, 419 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics
Development and Structures of Creole Languages: Essays in honor of Derek Bickerton
Edited by Francis Byrne and Thom Huebner
[Creole Language Library, 9] 1991. x, 222 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Emergence of Black English: Text and commentary
Edited by Guy Bailey, Natalie Maynor and Patricia Cukor-Avila
[Creole Language Library, 8] 1991. x, 352 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Englishes: Studies in varieties of English 1984–1988
Manfred Görlach †
[Varieties of English Around the World, G9] 1991. 211 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
History from Below: The “Vocabulary of Elisabethville” by André Yav: Text, Translations and Interpretive Essay
Edited by Johannes Fabian
[Creole Language Library, 7] 1990. vii, 236 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Other African languages | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Melanesian Pidgin and Tok Pisin: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pidgins and Creoles in Melanesia
Edited by John W.M. Verhaar, S.J.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 20] 1990. xiv, 409 pp.
Other subjects Typology
Pidgin and Creole Tense/Mood/Aspect Systems
Edited by John Victor Singler
[Creole Language Library, 6] 1990. xvi, 240 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Semantics | Syntax
Sing Without Shame: Oral traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole verse
Kenneth David Jackson
[Creole Language Library, 5] 1990. xxiv, 257 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
The Speech of the Negros Congos in Panama
John M. Lipski
[Creole Language Library, 4] 1989. vii, 159 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Romance linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Grammatical Relations in a Radical Creole: Verb Complementation in Saramaccan
Francis Byrne
[Creole Language Library, 3] 1987. xiv, 293 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax
The Syntax of Serial Verbs: An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages
Mark Sebba
[Creole Language Library, 2] 1987. xv, 226 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Syntax
Focus on the Caribbean
Edited by Manfred Görlach † and John Holm †
[Varieties of English Around the World, G8] 1986. viii, 209 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics
Substrata versus Universals in Creole Genesis: Papers from the Amsterdam Creole Workshop, April 1985
Edited by Pieter Muysken and Norval Smith
[Creole Language Library, 1] 1986. vii, 311 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Pidginization and Creolization: The Case of Arabic
Kees Versteegh
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 33] 1984. xiii, 194 pp.
Other subjects Afro-Asiatic languages
Central American English
Edited by John Holm †
[Varieties of English Around the World, T2] 1983. vi, 184 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
Issues in English Creoles: Papers from the 1975 Hawaii Conference
Edited by Richard R. Day
[Varieties of English Around the World, G2] 1980. xi, 185 pp.
Other subjects English linguistics | Germanic linguistics
Readings in Creole Studies
Edited by Ian F. Hancock
[Studies in the Sciences of Language Series, 2] 1979. xiv, 352 pp.
Other subjects Contact Linguistics | Theoretical linguistics