 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
PIDGINS AND CREOLES BEYOND AFRICA-EUROPE ENCOUNTERS
|
| By: |
Isabelle Buchstaller (Editor), Anders Holmberg (Editor), Mohammad Almoaily (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
|
£80.00 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
9027270767 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789027270764 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN BENJAMINS PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
29 January, 2014 |
| Series: |
Creole Language Library 47 |
| Pages: |
178 |
| Description: |
Focuses on European lexifier and West African substrate languages has resulted in insufficient investigation of other contact varieties. This book aims to give a platform to research on the history, genesis, and typology of a number of non-European language-based contact languages. |
| Synopsis: |
Most of what we know about pidgin and creole languages is the result of research into contact languages that developed as a consequence of European expansion into Africa and the Caribbean. The narrow focus on European lexifier and West African substrate languages has resulted in insufficient investigation of other contact varieties. Even more perniciously, lesser known and often under-described contact languages have not been taken into consideration when formulating supposedly general tendencies about the linguistic properties of contact languages. This volume aims to give a platform to research on the history, genesis, and typology of a number of non-European language-based contact languages. A more encompassing and diverse data-base will contribute to more accurate and comprehensive inventories of the typological features of contact languages. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
John Benjamins Publishing Co |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|