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Publication details [#32698]

Romaine, Suzanne. 1988. Pidgin and creole languages. Longman. 373 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This book deals with aspects and the history of the discipline, definitions and features of pidgins and creoles. Discussion of current theories mainly involves Bickerton's bioprogram hypothesis, which is compared and crontasted with Chomsky's approach to language universals.

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