The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Ansaldo, Umberto; Meyerhoff, Miriam;

Short description:

The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is a state-of-the-art volume on Pidgin and Creole studies.

Long description:

The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages offers a state-of-the-art collection of original contributions in the area of Pidgin and Creole studies. Providing unique and equal coverage of nearly all parts of the world where such languages are found, as well as situating each area within a rich socio-historical context, this book presents fresh and diverse interdisciplinary perspectives from leading voices in the field. Divided into three sections, its analysis covers:

• Space and place – areal perspective on pidgin and creole languages


• Usage, function and power – sociolinguistic and artistic perspectives on pidgins and creoles, creoles as sociocultural phenomena


• Framing of the study of pidgin and creole languages – history of the field, interdisciplinary connections

Demonstrating how fundamentally human and natural these communication systems are, how rich in expressive power and sophisticated in their complexity, The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Not in Retrospective: The Future of Pidgin and Creole Research – Umberto Ansaldo & Miriam Meyerhoff

Part I: Space and Place

1. Sub-Saharan Africa – Ana Deumert








2. The Arab World – Stefano Manfredi








3. Indian Ocean Creoles – Guillaume Fon Sing & Daniel Véronique








4. South and Southeast Asia – Nala H. Lee








5. Australia and the South West Pacific – Felicity Meakins








6. The contact Varieties of Japan and the North-West Pacific – Kazuko Matsumoto & David Britain








7. North America and Hawai‘i – Sarah Roberts








8. Caribbean, South and Central America – Bettina Migge








9. The Atlantic – Kofi Yakpo & Norval Smith








10. Pidgins and Creoles in Eurasia: The Consolation of Philology – Anthony P. Grant







Part II: Usage, Function and Power









11. Creole Arts and Music – Käthe Managan








12. The Rise of Pidgin Theatre in Hawai‘i – Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker








13. Creoles in Literature: Talking Story with Lee A. Tonouchi, ‘Da Pidgin Guerrilla’ on Pidgin in the Local Literatures of Hawai‘i – Micheline M. Soong & Lee A. Tonouchi








14. Identity Politics – Nicholas Faraclas








15. Creoles, Education and Policy – Denise Angelo








16. Identity and Flexible Languages: Youth and Urban Varieties – Ellen Hurst-Harosh








17. Pidgins and Creoles: New Domains, New Technologies – Theresa Heyd








18. Im/Mobilities – Lisa Lim








19. Variation in Pidgin and Creole Languages – Miriam Meyerhoff







Part III: Framing









20. On the History of Pidgin and Creole Studies – Rachel Selbach








21. The Typology of Pidgin and Creole Languages – Viveka Velupillai








22. Language Contact and Human Dispersal – Roger Blench








23. Diachronic Studies of Pidgins and Creoles – Magnus Huber








24. Pidgins and Creoles and the Language Faculty – Marlyse Baptista, Danielle Burgess & Joy P.G. Peltier








25. Child Acquisition of Pidgins and Creoles – Michele M. Kennedy








26. Multilingualism and the Structure of Code-Mixing – Eeva Sippola








27. Post-Structuralist Approaches to Language Contact – Kara Fleming








28. Pidgin and Creole Ecology and Evolution – Umberto Ansaldo & Pui Yiu Szeto

Index