Description
Book SynopsisThe comparatively recent origins of pidgins and creoles provide them with a special place in linguistic theory. Debates about the origin and character of these languages have informed broader discussions within grammatical theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics.
Trade Review"This handbook provides a timely overview of a constantly changing and growing field and serves as a handy reference for anyone working on pidgins and creoles or related issues." James Walker, York University "A most informative handbook on pidgin and creole languages. Superbly edited, and written by the preeminent scholars in the field." Armin Schwegler, University of California, Irvine
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
List of Abbreviations xiv
1 Introduction 1
Silvia Kouwenberg and John Victor Singler
Part I Properties of Pidgins and Creoles 17
2 Atlantic Creole Syntax 19
Donald Winford
3 Forging Pacific Pidgin and Creole Syntax: Substrate, Discourse, and Inherent Variability 48
Miriam Meyerhoff
4 Pidgin and Creole Morphology 74
Terry Crowley
5 Creole Phonology 98
Norval S. H. Smith
6 Pidgins versus Creoles and Pidgincreoles 130
Peter Bakker
7 Non-Indo-European Pidgins and Creoles 158
Kees Versteegh
Part II Perspectives on Pidgin/creole Genesis 187
8 Pidgins/Creoles, and Second Language Acquisition 189
Jeff Siegel
9 Creole Genesis: The Impact of the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis 219
Tonjes Veenstra
10 Pidgins/Creoles and Historical Linguistics 242
Sarah G. Thomason
11 Pidgins/Creoles and Contact Languages: An Overview 263
Rajend Mesthrie
12 Creole Studies and Multilingualism 287
Pieter Muysken
13 A Demographic Perspective on Creole Formation 309
Jacques Arends
14 The Sociohistorical Context of Creole Genesis 332
John Victor Singler
15 The Cultural in Pidgin Genesis 359
Christine Jourdan
Part III Pidgins/Creoles and Linguistic Explanation 383
16 Grammaticalization in Pidgins and Creoles 385
Adrienne Bruyn
17 Creoles, Markedness, and Default Settings: An Appraisal 411
Alain Kihm
18 Semantic Evidence in Pidgin and Creole Genesis 440
George Huttar
19 Pidgins, Creoles, and Variation 461
Peter L. Patrick
Part IV Pidgins/Creoles and Kindred Languages 489
20 The Case of Signed Languages in the Context of Pidgin and Creole Studies 491
Judy Kegl
21 Pidgins/Creoles and African American English 512
Arthur K. Spears
22 Spanish-Based Creoles in the Caribbean 543
John M. Lipski
Part V Pidgins/Creoles in Society 565
23 Pidgins/Creoles and Discourse 567
Geneviève Escure
24 Pidgins/Creoles and Education 593
Dennis Craig
25 Language Planning in Pidgins and Creoles 615
Hubert Devonish
26 Literary Representations of Creole Languages: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives from the Caribbean 637
Hélène Buzelin and Lise Winer
Author Index 666
Language Index 677
Subject Index 682
