| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Creole language library,
0920-9026 ;
v. 20
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Creole language library ; v. 20.
0920-9026
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
CREOLE GENESIS, ATTITUDES AND DISCOURSE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of Contents; PART A. Introduction; Preface; Writings in Hawai'ian English: "Hawai'ian Air", "Checking the Kauai Sands after Hurricane Iniki", and "4 Eva"; YMCA: The Weightroom; PART B. Pidgin-Creole Genesis and Development; Pidgins and Language Mixture; The TMA System of Hawaiian Creole and Diffusion; Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific: Evidence for a Maritime Polynesian Jargon or Pidgin; Copula Patterns in Atlantic and Non-Atlantic Creoles. |
| Summary |
This collection in honor of creolist Charlene Junko Sato (1951-1996) brings together contributions by leading specialists in pidgin-creole studies in three primary areas: Pidgin-Creole Genesis and Development; Attitudes and Education, and Creole Discourse and Literature. The varieties covered come from English, French and Spanish lexical bases and from places as far apart as Africa, Australia, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. Editors Rickford and Romaine introduce each of the papers and provide a biography and bibliography of Sato. A short story and poems in Hawaiian Creole, Sato's native language a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Creole dialects.
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Creole dialects. |
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Pidgin languages.
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Pidgin languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Rickford, John R., 1949-
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Romaine, Suzanne, 1951-
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Sato, Charlene J.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Creole genesis, attitudes and discourse. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins Pub., ©1999 (DLC) 99014907 |
| ISBN |
9789027299499 (electronic book) |
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9027299498 (electronic book) |
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9781556196676 (alkaline paper) |
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1556196679 (alkaline paper) |
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1556196679 (alkaline paper) |
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