Selected papers from the Society for Pidgin and Creole linguistics.
This volume explores the expressive forms and performances that come into being when cultures encounter one another. Creolisation is presented as a powerful marker of identity in the post-colonial creole societies of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southwest Indian Ocean r…
"This 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 th…
This 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 P…
This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the la…
This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the la…
John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed.
John McWhorter challenges an enduring paradigm among linguists in this provocative exploration of the origins of plantation creoles. Using a wealth of data--linguistic, sociolinguistic, historical--he proposes that the "limited access model" of creole genesis is seriously flawed
Contributing to identity formation in ethnically and religiously diverse postcolonial societies, this book examines the role played by creole identity in Indonesia, and in particular its capital, Jakarta. While, on the one hand, it facilitates transethnic integration and promote…
Zwischen Anpassung und Subversion: Sprache und Politik der Assimilation
by Honold, Alexander, Beltz, Johannes, Harder, Hans, Hahn, Hans-Joachim, Borsche, Tilman, Braese, Stephan, Dusche, Michael, Eisenlohr, Patrick, Erdbeer, Robert Matthias, Fessler, Ladina, Fuchs, Martin, Guichard, Sylvie, Hofer, Urs
Ist Assimilation eine reaktionäre Forderung? Der Band unterstreicht die analytische Fruchtbarkeit des Assimilationskonzepts und legt bisher vernachlässigte normative Gehalte frei.Anhand der jüdischen Assimilation und (post-)kolonialen Konstellationen werden Prozesse und Repräsen…