Creolization and Contact
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2001
VI, 323 pages
978-90-272-9771-6 (ISBN)
Description
This volume contains revised and extended versions of a selection of the papers presented at "The Amsterdam Workshop on Language Contact and Creolization." These studies apply the concept of relexification to creoles as well as other contact languages; highlight the relevance of strategies of second language learning for theories of pidgin/creole genesis; critically discuss the notions levelling (koine formation) and convergence; the relation between types of contact situations and processes of crosslinguistic influence; as well as the linguistic consequences of the social structure of the plantation system. In addition to discussing English-, French-, and Dutch-related creoles, the papers cover a wide range of contact languages spoken throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. The breadth and coverage makes this an indispensable title for research in the field of contact linguistics.
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- Creolization and Contact
- Editorial page
- Title page
- LCC data
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Relexification in creole genesis and its effects on the development of the creole
- Chapter 2: Voodoo Chile
- Chapter 3: Language intertwining
- Chapter 4: Paralexification in language intertwining
- Chapter 5: Pidginization,creolization and creoloids in Stockholm,Sweden
- Chapter 6: The origin of creole languages
- Chapter 7: Koine formation and creole genesis
- Chapter 8: Koineization and creole genesis
- Chapter 9: Convergence and explanations in creole genesis
- Chapter 10: Contact-induced language change and pidgin/creole genesis
- Chapter 11: Yiddish as a contact language
- Chapter 12: Social stratification and network relations in the formation of Sranan
- Index of languages
- Index of authors
- Index of subjects
- The CREOLE LANGUAGE LIBRARY
