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Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles [electronic resource] / edited by John McWhorter.

Contributor(s): McWhorter, John H | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Creole language library, v. 21. Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2000Description: vi, 503 p. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Pidgin languages -- Congresses | Creole dialects -- Congresses | Languages in contact -- Congresses | Linguistic change -- CongressesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 417/.22 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Fifteen papers selected from those presented at three consecutive meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, held Jan. 1996 in San Diego, Jan. 1997 in Chicago, and June 1997 in London.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2005. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Includes examples in various creole and pidgin languages.