book pidgin creole structure status pidgins creoles including selected papers society pidgin creole linguistics arthur k spear donald winford ed due ix pp creole language library us canada cloth x price us rest world cloth price hfl john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com destine become landmark work book devote principally reassessment content category boundary basic assumption pidgin creole study include revise elaborate papers meeting society pidgin creole linguistic addition commission papers lead scholar field group papers undertake reassessment through reevaluation pidgin creole terminology contact language typology section one requestion process evolution pidginization creolization language contact phenomenon section two reinterpretation source genesis grammatical aspect saramaccan atlantic creole general section three reconsideration status language defy receive definition pidgin creole section four analysis aspect grammar shed light issue possible creole grammar section five content intro structure status pidgin creole donald winford section one jaargon pidgin creole koine salikoko s mufwene typology contact language sarah g thomason section two directionality pidginization creolization philip baker mixe level pidgin creole development jeff siegel matrix language recognition morpheme sort possible structural strategy pidgin creole formation carol myer scotton creolization pidgin morphophonology william j samarin section three saramaccan creole origin portuguese derive lexical correspondence relexification hypothesis michael aceto lost transmission case independent emergence copula atlantic creole john h mcwhorter section four creole feature verb system afro brazilian variety portuguese alan n baxter verb phrase afrikaans evidence creolization christa de kleine shaba swahilus partial creolization due second language learn substrate pressure vincent de rooij status isicarntho ngunus base urban variety soweto g tucker child section five light eskimo pidgin hein van der voort reduplication ndyuka mary l huttar george l huttar tense aspectmood principense philippe maurer genesis language formation development korlai portuguese clancy j clement xviius pp creole language library us canada cloth price rest world cloth price hfl john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com korlaus portuguese kp portuguese base creole recently discover linguist originate around west coast indium initially isolate hindu muslim neighbor social religious barrier small korlaus community lose virtually portuguese contact after volume firstever comprehensive treatment formation linguistic component rapidly change situation exotic creole product ten research korlaus creole portuguese provide excite indepth diachronic language show strain intense cultural pressure surround marathus speak population frame thomason kaufman s model contactinduce language change author s analysis enrich numerous comparison sister creole apart medieval portuguese marathus book contrastively examine follow area phonemic inventory phonological process stress assignment syllable structure paradigm restructure paradigm lexicon word formation semantic borrow loan translation grammatical relation mark pre postnominal modification negation subject object deletion embed word order contact languages wider perspective sarah g thomason ed xus pp creole language library us canada cloth price rest world cloth price hfl john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com book contribute balance view most dramatic result language contact present linguistic historical sketch lesserknown contact language twelve case study offer eloquent testimony against still common view contact language pidgin creole maximally simple essentially identical grammar show contact language neither pidgin nor creole even pidgin creole display considerable structural diversity structural complexity show twolanguage contact situation rise pidgin especially access target language withhold speaker chapter arrange accord language type three focus pidgin hirus motu tom dutton pidgin delaware ive goddard ndyuka trio pidgin george l huttar frank j velantie two creole kituba salikoko s mufwene sango helma pasch one set pidgin creole arabic base contact language jonathan owen one question early pidginization creolization swahilus derek nurse five bilingual mix language michif peter bakker robert papen medium lengua callahuaya both pieter muysken mednyj aleut ma both sarah thomason author collective goal help offset traditional emphasis within contactlanguage study pidgin creole arise immediate result contact european start age exploration accumulation case study wide diversity language need create body knowledge substantial enough support robust generalization nature development type contact language creole dialect continua standard acquisition processes belize china prc genevieve escure x pp creole language library us canada cloth price rest world cloth price hfl john benjamin publish web site http www benjamin com further information vium email service benjamin com although substantial amount linguistic research standard language acquisition little attention mechanism underlie second dialect acquisition using combination functionbase grammar sociolinguistic methodology analyze topic mark strategy unguide acquisition standard speaker nonstandard variety examine two distinct linguistic geographical situation caribbean creole situation belize special attention acquisition acrolect native speaker basilect noncreole situation prc document acquisition standard chinese putonghua speaker nonstandard variety represent cultural revolution literature wuhan chinese suzhou wu storytel style both case psychosocial factor linguistic bias toward nonnative rendering standard variety social status speaker relate political educational consequence play important role development second dialect broadrange analysis single feature oral discourse lead formulation crosslinguistic generalization acquisition study result evaluation putative uniqueness creole language relate issue address include effect linguistic bias development language variety marginalize group interaction three major language component semantics syntax pragmatic spontaneous communication development method identify discourse unit ultimate goal underlie comparison specific discourse variable belizean chinese standard acquisition evaluate relative merit substratal superstratal universal explanation language development further information please email bernadette keck service benjamin com 