DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Contact Languages

Pidgins and Creoles

Mark Sebba author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:21st May '97

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Contact Languages cover

Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies. The book deals with the linguistic, historical and social aspects of the development of pidgin and creole languages. Detailed case studies of individual pidgins and creoles are based around texts drawn from a range of different types and contexts (mainly contemporary), with discussion and grammatical notes. Chapters are interspersed with exercises to consolidate and develop the reader's understanding.

ISBN: 9780333630242

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 504g

314 pages