Pidginization and Creolization of Languages Proceedings of a Conference Held At the University of the West Indies Mona, Jamaica, April 1968

Hymes, Dell. editor

ISBN 10: 0521078334 / ISBN 13: 9780521078337

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1971

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Cambridge / New York: Cambridge University Press, 1971. 1st edition. Viii + [530] pp. Printed russett cloth. Name stamp and rough spot from pealed price sticker on front free end paper. Some foxing atop, and dust smudge on bottom of text block. Dust jacket protected in plastic sleeve. Pages are clean, white, and free of markings, underlining, and notations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 538 pages. Seller Inventory # 26366

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pidginization and Creolization of Languages ...

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

This collection of essays on the pidginization and creolization of language is taken from a conference held at The University of the West Indies in April 1968. Its editor, Dell Hymes, was an incredibly influential sociolinguist and anthropologist in his lifetime, president of the Linguistic Society of America (1982), the American Anthropological Association (1983) and the American Folklore Society. He was a pioneer of the sociolinguist movement, striving to find ways to connect language and speech to human relations and anthropological study. Within this collection of essays, the reader will find varied studies of pidgin and creole languages by academics considered leaders in their field, particularly at this time. The topics of these essays range from those exploring the employment of pidgin languages in specific territories, such as Vietnam, the West Indies and the US, to those essays looking at the formation and hybridization of pidgin and creole languages generally.

Book Description:

This collection of essays on the pidginization and creolization of language is taken from a conference at The University of the West Indies in April 1968. Within the collection, the reader will find varied studies of pidgin and creole languages by academics considered at this time leaders in their field.