Pidgins and Creoles: An IntroductionJacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Part I: General Aspects and Part II: Theories of Genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion in the classroom, while Part III: Sketches of Individual Languages (such as Eskimo Pidgin, Haitian, Saramaccan, Shaba Swahili, Fa d'Ambu, Papiamentu, Sranan, Berbice Dutch) and Part IV: Grammatical Features (such as TMA particles and auxiliaries, noun phrases, reflexives, serial verbs, fronting) can form the basis for further exploration. A concluding chapter draws together the different strands of argumentation, and the annotated list provides the background information on several hundred pidgins, creoles and mixed languages. Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the Atlantic creoles receive the attention they deserve. Pidgins are not treated as necessarily an intermediate step on the way to creoles, but as linguistic entities in their own right with their own characteristics. In addition to pidgins, mixed languages are treated in a separate chapter. Research on pidgin and creole languages during the past decade has yielded an abundance of uncovered material and new insights. This introduction, written jointly by the creolists of the University of Amsterdam, could not have been written without recourse to this new material. |
Contents
Part 2 Theories of Genesis | 85 |
Part 3 Sketches of Individual Languages | 135 |
Part 4 Grammatical features | 245 |
Part 5 Conclusions and annotated language list | 317 |
Bibliography | 375 |
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Author index | 409 |
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Common terms and phrases
African appear aspect century chapter claimed clause colonial communities complex constructions creole languages creolization derived dialects discussed distinction Dutch early educational elements Eskimo European example existence expressed fact find first French function Further give grammatical Greenlandic Haitian hand historical important indicates influence involved island learning lexical lexicon linguistic marker marking meaning mixed morphology noun object occur ofthe origin Papiamento past pattern person phrase Pidgin English pidgins and creoles plural Portuguese position possessive possible predicate present pronoun question reference reflexives relative respect result role Romani Saramaccan semantic sentence serial verb shared similar situation slaves social sources Spanish speak speakers spoken Sranan structure studies substrate Surinam tense theory trade universal varieties various verb vowel West