Publications

Publication details [#35016]

Mühlhäusler, Peter. 1986. Pidgin and creole linguistics. Basil Blackwell. xii + 320 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

creole | language status | language use | pidgin | political anthropology

Annotation

This study of mainly Pacific-locus anglophone pidgins and creoles, discusses the history of and attitudes toward pidgin and creole linguistics; the social and historical background of these language formations; and the socio-political implications of their use.

Reviewed by

Hancock, Ian. 1990. Review of $Pidgin and creole linguistics.