Beschreibung:
Robert Chaudenson
This is an accessible book which makes an important contribution to the study of Pidgin and Creole language varieties, as well as to the development of contemporary European languages outside Europe.
List of illustrations, Editor's foreword, Preface, 1 Creole people and languages, 2 Concepts and settings: the case of French creoles, 3 Theories of linguistic creolization, 4 Toward a theory of creolization: the sociohistorical and sociolinguistic approach, 5 Linguistic creolization, 6 Creolization of cultural systems, 7 Creole music, 8 Creole cuisine, 9 Creole folk medicine and magic, 10 Creole oral literature, 11 General conclusions, References, Index