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Languages in Contact
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 37.00This book accounts for the structural differences between 'non-creole' language varieties - such as African-American English - and their European source languages. John Holm argues that these differences resulted from 'partial restructuring', whereby some of the source languages' features were retained, but many features from the non-native speakers'... more...
Central American English
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1982; US$ 135.00This volume is about the Anglophone creoles to be found on the Caribbean coast of Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama), and its offshore islands (Providencia, San Andrés and the Caymans) . The study of these Anglophone varieties is comparatively recent and based on current field work from Belize to Panama. One of the interesting... more...
Rites of Passage
Continuum International Publishing 1994; US$ 140.00Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography. Individual books are ideal for students at university and A level. As a set they form a... more...
Picturing God
Continuum International Publishing 1994; US$ 120.00Addressing important issues of the day, this series examines how each of the eight major religions approaches a particular theme. Constructed to be comparative, the books are both authoritative and accessible. Each chapter is followed by a selected bibliography. Individual books are ideal for students at university and A level. As a set they form a... more...
Atlantic Meets Pacific
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1992; US$ 195.00Selected papers from the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics. more...
Focus on the Caribbean
John Benjamins Publishing Company 1986; US$ 120.00This collection represents an important contribution not only to creole linguistics but also to Caribbean studies and English dialectology. It contains eleven essays on the special development and present-day functions of English and Creole in the Caribbean, ranging from Central America to Guyana. Topics include the spread of English and Creole, Spanish-English... more...
An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 43.00This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being. Starting with an overview of the field's basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the European expansion to the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. more...
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