The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages
- ISBN-10
- 0199691401
- ISBN-13
- 9780199691401
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09-05
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Martin Haspelmath, Susanne Maria Michaelis, Philippe Maurer
Description
The most authoritative guide ever published to the world's pidgin and creole languages. The 3-volume Survey describes their histories and linguistic characteristics. The Atlas of Pidgins and Creoles, published at the same time, shows how 130 linguistic features are distributed among the world's languages.
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