Fwd: Singh, "Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction"

[Dave Robertson]

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Subject: 12.395, Books: Sociolinguistics
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:52:43 -0000

Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:27:07 -0500
From:  Kimberly Kahn <KRK at OUP-USA.ORG>
Subject:  Sociolinguistics:PIDGINS AND CREOLES, Ishtla Singh


PIDGINS AND CREOLES: An Introduction
Ishtla Singh, University of Surrey Roehampton

(An Arnold Publication)

Pidgins and Creoles have always attracted a great
deal of interest - academic and otherwise - but in
recent decades they have become increasingly
important as a field of linguistic inquiry.  Placing
pidgins and creoles in the wider setting of linguistic
theory, this book bridges the gap between
introductory material and primary material, revising
students' knowledge of the field as well as
acquainting them with key areas of debate in pidgin
and creole studies.  The author provides a carefully
balanced introduction to theoretical aspects of
creolistics as well as an even-handed discussion of
influences on pidgins and creoles which is well
illustrated with rare examples of longer texts.

October 2000   160 pp.; 4 line illus & 2 maps
0-340-70094-7 cloth $65.00
0-340-70095-5 paper $21.95
Oxford University Press

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Phone: (212) 726-6086   Fax: (212) 726-6442  E-mail:
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