Book: Creolization (variety of contact languages in Africa, Asia & Europe)

[Scott McGinnis]

Creolization and Contact
Norval SMITH (University of Amsterdam) and Tonjes VEENSTRA (Free
University
Berlin) (eds.)

Creole Language Library 23
2001. vi, 323 pp. Hardcover
US & Canada: 1 58811 111 3 / USD 100.00
Rest of world: 90 272 5245 9 / EUR 110.00

This volume contains revised and extended versions of a selection of the
papers presented at "The Amsterdam Workshop on Language Contact and
Creolization." These studies apply the concept of relexification to
creoles as well as other contact languages; highlight the relevance of
strategies of second language learning for theories of pidgin/creole
genesis; critically discuss the notions levelling (koine
formation) and convergence; the relation between types of contact
situations and processes of crosslinguistic influence; as well as the
linguistic consequences of the social structure of the plantation
system. In addition to discussing English-, French-, and Dutch-related
creoles, the papers cover a wide range of contact languages spoken
throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe. The breadth and coverage makes this
an indispensable title for research in the field of contact linguistics.

Contributions by: Norval Smith & Tonjes Veenstra; Claire Lefebvre;
Norval Smith; Anthony P. Grant; Maarten Mous; Ulla-Britt Kotsinas;
Pieter C.  Muysken; Jeff Siegel; Frans Hinskens; Silvia Kouwenberg;
Sarah G. Thomason; Ellen Prince; Jacques Arends.

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