TY - BOOK ID - 77935126 TI - Language change and language contact in pidgins and creoles AU - McWhorter, John H. AU - Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics PY - 2000 SN - 1282163620 9786612163623 902729948X 9789027299482 1556196687 9027252432 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, DB - UniCat KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics / General KW - Pidgin languages KW - Creole dialects KW - Languages in contact KW - Linguistic change KW - Creole languages KW - Creolized languages KW - Languages, Mixed KW - Contact vernaculars KW - Hybrid languages KW - Jargons KW - Pidgeon languages KW - Pigeon languages KW - Lingua francas KW - Historical linguistics KW - Language and languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77935126 AB - This book collects a selection of fifteen papers presented at three meetings of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics in 1996 and 1997. The focus is on papers which approach issues in creole studies with novel perspectives, address understudied pidgin and creole varieties, or compellingly argue for controversial positions. ER -