PIDGINS AND CREOLES by Professor Loreto Todd ( 9780415053112 )

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Title:

PIDGINS AND CREOLES

By:

Professor Loreto Todd

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Paperback

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0415053110

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9780415053112

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

6 September, 1990

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

128

Description:

An introduction to the field of Pidgins and Creoles, which brings together the major issues and synthesizes complex arguments current in the study of these languages. The author has lived and studied in Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific where they are essential forms of communication.

Synopsis:

The focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English based and which have arisen since the fifteenth century. The book examines the widespread nature of the pidgin/creole phenomenon and evaluates the current definitions of the terms and the theories which have been advanced to account for their existence. The author considers the potential of pidgins and creoles as literary media and as vehicles for education. She looks at the sociological and psychological implications of using pidgins and creoles in the classroom and examines the position of American 'Black English' and 'London Jamaican' in the pidgin/creole continuum.

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bibliography, index

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Imprint:

Routledge

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