Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia /

Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia /

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Author / Creator:	Ansaldo, Umberto.
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge approaches to language contact Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Subject:	Pidgin languages -- Southeast Asia. Creole dialects -- Southeast Asia. Languages in contact -- Southeast Asia. Creole dialects. Languages in contact. Pidgin languages. Southeast Asia. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814856

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ISBN:	9780511641633 051164163X 0511639198 9780511639197 9780521863971 052186397X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar? Through the study of Malay contact varieties such as Baba Malay, Cocos Malay and Sri Lanka Malay, as well as the Asian Portuguese vernacular of Macau, and China Coast Pidgin, the book explores the social and structural dynamics that underlie the fascinating phenomenon of the creation of new, or restructured, grammars. It emphasizes the importance and interplay of historical documentation, socio-cultural observation and linguistic analysis in the study of contact languages, offering an evolutionary framework for the study of contact language formation - including pidgins and Creoles - in which historical, socio-cultural and typological observations come together"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:	Print version: Ansaldo, Umberto. Contact languages. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521863971
Standard no.:	9786612386527

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Summary:	Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar? Through the study of Malay contact varieties such as Baba Malay, Cocos Malay and Sri Lanka Malay, as well as the Asian Portuguese vernacular of Macau, and China Coast Pidgin, this book explores the social and structural dynamics that underlie the fascinating phenomenon of the creation of new, or restructured, grammars. It emphasizes the importance and interplay of historical documentation, socio-cultural observation and linguistic analysis in the study of contact languages, offering an evolutionary framework for the study of contact language formation - including pidgins and Creoles - in which historical, socio-cultural and typological observations come together.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780511641633 051164163X 0511639198 9780511639197 9780521863971 052186397X