Pidgins and Creoles by Professor Loreto Todd
1st edition paperback has sold 8630 copies since 1974
Loreto Todd has lived and researched in areas where pidgins and creoles are essential communication: Africa, the Caribbean and the South Pacific
Pidgins and Creoles
Summary
`A marvellous feat of culling major issues and synthesising complex arguments.'- Journal of Linguistics `This slender but meaty volume is a good, solid and current introduction.'-Language in Society
Pidgins and Creoles Summary
Pidgins and Creoles Reviews
`This book is a marvellous feat of culling major issues and synthesising complex arguments. It is a boon to those of us working in the field.' - Journal of Linguistics
`Todd offers a thought-provoking and extended guide to the issues.' - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching
`This slender but meaty volume is a good, solid and current introduction to the field of pidgin and creole languages.' - Language in Society
`It may well accomplish the dream of all writers of such handbooks: convince the beginner that he should learn at least one new language and devote himself to the field in the area.' - Barbara H.M. Strang, Modern Language Review
`A splendid book. Its lucid account of the nature and variety of these languages provides an easily assimilated guide for those ignorant of the subject, and a thorough aide-memoire for those who work in the area ... a book with real substance.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Language and name 3. Theories of origin:pidgins 4. The process of development:from pidgin to creole 5. The scope of pidgins and creoles 6. Conclusion Appendix 1. List of pidgins and creoles reffered to and area of use 2. List of less well-known languages referred to and areas of use 3. Source of proverbs quoted 4. Pidgin and creole texts Bibliography Index
Additional information
GOR001963831
9780415053112
0415053110
Pidgins and Creoles by Professor Loreto Todd
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1990-09-06
128
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