Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles / edited by John McWhorter - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing, 2000 - vi, 503 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Creole language library, ISSN 0920-9026 ; v. 21 .

Fifteen papers selected from those presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held Jan. 1996 in San Diego, Jan. 1997 in Chicago, and June 1997 in London

Includes bibliographical references and index


Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages

9027252432 RM446.60

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Pidgin languages--Congresses
Languages in contact--Congresses
Linguistic change--Congresses