Handbook of Pidgins and Creoles

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1. Introduction: Silvia Kouwenberg (University of the West Indies, Jamaica) and John Victor Singler (New York University)

PART 1: Properties of Pidgins and Creoles:

2. Atlantic Creole Syntax: Don Winford (Ohio State University)

3. Forging Pacific Pidgin and Creole Syntax: Substrate, Discourse, and Inherent Variability: Miriam Meyerhoff (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

4. Pidgin and Creole Morphology: Terry Crowley (formerly the University of Waikato, New Zealand)

5. Creole Phonology: Norval Smith (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

6. Pidgins Versus Creoles and Pidgincreoles: Peter Bakker (Aarhus University, Denmark)

7. Non-Indo-European Pidgins and Creoles: Kees Versteegh (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands)

PART 2: Perspectives on Pidgin/Creole Genesis:

8. Pidgins, Creoles, and Second Language Acquisition: Jeff Siegel (University of New England, Australia)

9. The Impact of the Language Bioprogram Hypothesis: Tonjes Veenstra (Centre for General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research, Germany)

10. Pidgins/Creoles, and Historical Linguistics: Sarah Thomason (University of Michigan)

11. Pidgins/Creoles and Contact Languages: An Overview: Raj Mesthrie (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

12. Creole Studies and Multilingualism: Pieter Muysken (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands)

13. A Demographic Perspective on Creole Formation: Jacques Arends (formerly the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

14. The Sociohistorical Context of Creole Genesis: John Victor Singler (New York University)

15. The Cultural in Pidgin Genesis: Christine Jourdan (Concordia University)

PART 3: Pidgins/Creoles and Linguistic Explanation:

16. Grammaticalization in Pidgins and Creoles: Adrienne Bruyn (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands)

17. Creoles, Markedness, and Default Settings: An Appraisal: Alain Kihm (Centre National de la Recherche

Silvia Kouwenberg is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica). Her publications include A Grammar of Berbice Dutch (1994), Papiamentu (with Eric Murray, 1994), and Twice as Meaningful: Reduplication in Pidgins, Creoles and Other Contact Languages (edited, 2003).

John Victor Singler is Professor of Linguistics at New York University. His publications include An Introduction to Liberian English (1981) and Pidgin and Creole Tense-Mood-Aspect Systems (edited, 1990).

"This handbook provides a timely overview of a constantly changing and growing field and serves as a handy reference for anyone working on pidgins and creoles or related issues." James Walker, York University "A most informative handbook on pidgin and creole languages. Superbly edited, and written by the preeminent scholars in the field." Armin Schwegler, University of California, Irvine

"This handbook provides a timely overview of a constantly changing and growing field and serves as a handy reference for anyone working on pidgins and creoles or related issues."
-James Walker, York University
 
"A most informative handbook on pidgin and creole languages. Superbly edited, and written by the preeminent scholars in the field."
-Armin Schwegler, University of California, Irvine