Pdf the study of creoles and pidgins has been marked by controversy about how they emerged, whether they can be identified by their. In dialects, englishes, creoles, and education, edited by shondel nero, 205232. Volume 1, theory and structure cambridge language surveys. This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how. An introduction to pidgins and creoles by john holm, 9780521585811, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Spears and donald winford eds, the structure and status of pidgins and creoles amsterdam. In general, an introduction to pidgins and creoles is a very useful and interesting book that would be of great help for both students and researchers in the field and also would be a good guide for newcomers.
Theories of genesis constitute the core for presentation and discussion in the classroom, while part iii. It does not demand a high level of previous linguistic knowledge. Mar 24, 2001 john holm notes that there are no pure linguistic data that would determine a language as a creole. Pidgins and creoles around the world pidgin refers to a simplified language that was developed when two people do not speak the same language. This extrapolation has been encouraged by the position that creoles have typically been developed by children from erstwhile pidgins, transforming them from protolanguages. Introduction the subtitle of this essay should not be interpreted in the way suggested by bickerton 1990, 1995, 2002 or givon 1998. Chapter three is a sociolinguistic survey of the worlds creoles, with a brief introduction to a group of languages followed by a more detailed look at one example. Read john holm, an introduction to pidgins and creoles, lingua on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at. Goldsmith the handbook of contemporary semantic theory. This first volume of holms major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an uptodate and readable introduction to a field of study that has become established only in the past few decades.
Lipski part v pidgins creoles in society 565 23 pidgins creoles and discourse 567. These pidgins, in turn, might be considered to have emerged from the lingua franca which was used in the mediterranean region during the middle ages adler 1977. This first volume of holm s major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an uptodate and readable introduction to a field of study that has become established only in the past few decades. Starting with an overview of the fields basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the european expansion to the. A creole is when children grow up speaking a pidgin. John holm, a linguist who helped bring the study of creole and pidgin languages into the scholarly mainstream, died on dec. Jan 04, 2016 john holm, a linguist who helped bring the study of creole and pidgin languages into the scholarly mainstream, died on dec. This first volume of holms major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an uptodate and readable introduction to a field of study that has. The emphasis of john holm s first volume was on linguistic structure and theory. This textbook is a clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.
This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. John holm examines the structure of these pidgins and creoles, the social history of their speakers, and the theories put forward to explain how their vocabularies, sound systems and grammars evolved. Jun 01, 2002 read john holm, an introduction to pidgins and creoles, lingua on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Ebook an introduction to pidgins and creoles as pdf. Routledge and kegan paul, 1974 john rickforda a university of guyana, to cite this article rickford, john1977 the field of pidgincreole studies. An introduction to pidgins and creoles by john holm. Other strong points are the extensive chapter on mixed languages, the many concise yet surprisingly rich language sketches, and the truly global coverage, encompassing the atlantic, the indian ocean, and the pacific worlds.
An introduction to pidgins and creoles cambridge textbooks in linguistics. Velupillais comprehensive introduction sets new standards by taking the recent typological work on pidgins and creoles into account. An introduction to pidgins and creoles is, however, a survey of creoles with some suggestions as to theoretical implications, not an argument for a particular theoretical position. An introduction to pidgins and creoles by john holm, 9780521585811. Nouns are not marked for number and gender negation may only include a single particle no. Cambridge university press, 2000 cambridge university press, 2000 similar features of creoles linguists have been struck by the similarities between widely separated creoles. Pidginisation is second language learning with restricted input, while creolisation was first language learning with restricted input. This first volume of holm s major survey of pidgins and creoles provides an uptodate and. Jun 02, 2002 this book by a leading specialist in pidginistics and creolistics is a very readable introduction to the field. Review of holm, an introduction to pidgins and creoles date. Philip baker, directionality in pidginization and creolization, in arthur k. He was chair of english linguistics and history of civilizations at the university of coimbra, portugal. Starting with an overview of the fields basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the european expansion to the americas, africa, asia and the pacific. An introduction to pidgins and creoles cambridge textbooks in linguistics 9780521585811.
In the third section we will discuss several study branches in this area, bringing different hypotheses for the pidgins creoles formation. The arguments they present for this case are deeply flawed, and are based. Others argue that all europeanlanguagebasedpidgins and creoles derive from a fifteenthcentury portuguese pidgin with african substratum languages todd 1990. Oct 19, 2017 unformitarians claim that the very idea that creoles come from pidgins has been conclusively refuted, but this isnt true. From verb movement rules in the kru languages to universal gram mar. Its also pedagogically very clever in providing exercises, key points and language snapshots that promise to be invaluable resources for both students and instructors alike.
Holm, john 2000 an introduction to pidgins and creoles. They can also give us what elements in language are neccessary, why contact languages born from practical communication are more easily to learn and use. In the third section we will discuss several study branches in this area, bringing. Society for caribbean linguistics occasional paper no. John holm, an introduction to pidgins and creoles, lingua. Unformitarians claim that the very idea that creoles come from pidgins has been conclusively refuted, but this isnt true.
The emphasis of this volume is largely empirical rather than descriptive. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Discuss some of the basic differences that characterize pidgins and creoles, based on your understanding of what is meant by the following quote. Introduction bickerton 1990 and givon 1998 claim that the development of creoles and pidgins can provide us with insights about how language has evolved in mankind. An introduction to pidgins and creoles cambridge textbooks in linguistics by john holm author 5. West african world english speakers in us classrooms.
Pidgins and creoles are languages, which be born and developed in special social conditions. Pidginscreoles just 5 vowels in pidgin almost complete lack of inflection in nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives. The new book of john holm is not just a shorter version of his previous work pidgin and creoles vols. Holm writes clearly and explains all technical terms, and his introduction assumes little.
View arabicbased pidgins and creoles research papers on academia. Creoles can inform our research on the evolution of language not. Starting with an overview of the fields basic concepts, it surveys the new languages that developed as a result of the european expansion to the americas, africa, asia and. Holm was born in jackson, michigan and graduated from jackson high school in 1961. The handbook of pidgin and creole studies blackwell. This book by a leading specialist in pidginistics and creolistics is a very readable introduction to the field. We will deal with the definition, discuss the precursors of studies in this area and after that, explain how englishbased pidgins and creoles were formed. In his first linguistics paper, holm 1976 linked african american english aae to the atlantic creoles through the deletion rates of aae copulas as described in labov 1969, 1972 and then linked the copula pattern in the creoles to that of yoruba, eventually. Pidgins pidgins and creoles by grace crouch what are pidgins and creoles.
When the comparative phonology in chapter five comes to apicals, for example, the discussion begins apical consonants are produced with the tip of the tongue against the upper teeth or the alveolar ridge. Holm is wellknown for his comprehensive twovolume pidgins and creoles cambridge. A concluding chapter draws together the different strands of argumentation, and the annotated list provides the background information on several hundred pidgins, creoles and mixed languages. Cambridge university press 0521584604 an introduction to. Others centre on the creole continuum, the social continuum of dialects produced when creoles in prolonged contact with their superstrates decreolize.
Pidgins creoles just 5 vowels in pidgin almost complete lack of inflection in nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives. John hawkins 15321595 is seen by many as the creator of the modern british royal navy, something he devoted the second half of his career 15701595 to. Lipski the pennsylvania state university introduction the caribbean basin is home to many creole languages, lexically related to french, english, andnow only vestigiallydutch. Celia brownblake, the right to linguistic nondiscrimination and creole and creole language situations. Journal of postcolonial writing the field of pidgincreole. Sketches of individual languages such as eskimo pidgin. A pidgin is a reduced language resulting from contact between groups with no common language, while a creole is a pidgin or jargon that has. They are not only teach us how new language comes into being. Feb 18, 2014 pidgins typically evolve out of contact situations. An introduction to pidgins and creoles john holm national library of australia browse titles authors subjects uniform titles series callnumbers dewey numbers starting from optional. The yimasarafundi trading pidgin retains future k and nonfuture nan foley 1988, p. Introduction the contact languages that are commonly referred to as pidgins and creoles henceforth pc were not recognized as fullfledged languages until recently. The mission of the journal of pidgin and creole languages is to provide a forum for the scholarly study of pidgins, creoles, and other contact languages, from multidisciplinary perspectives. Each volume can be read independently, but together the two volumes of pidgins and creoles provide a major survey of current pidgin and creole linguistics which lays new foundations for research in the field.
He was chair of english linguistics and history of civilizations at the university of coimbra, portugal holm was born in jackson, michigan and graduated from jackson high school in 1961. Review of holm, an introduction to pidgins and creoles holm, john 2000 an introduction to pidgins and creoles. Diversity rather than unity is taken to be the central theme, and for the first time in an introduction to pidgins and creoles, the atlantic creoles. A comprehensive reference work exploring the treatment of core aspects of pidginscreoles, focusing on the questions that animate creole studiesbrings together newlycommissioned entries by an international contributor teamaccessibly structured into four sections covering. Journal of pidgin and creole languages department of. Pidgins and creoles encyclopedia of life support systems. Cambridge textbooks in linguistics includes bibliographical references p. John alexander holm may 16, 1943 december 28, 2015 was an american academic. Rickford, the concept of a creole continuum, in dimensions of a creole continuum. An introduction to pidgins and creoles is obviously intended to be a textbook for linguistics students, but the bulk of it is general enough to be of wider appeal. Routledge and kegan paul, 1974 john rickforda a university of guyana, to cite this article rickford, john 1977 the field of pidgincreole studies. In writing this book, holm draws on broad studies of many languages to make clear how farreaching creoles similarities are and to challenge current linguistic theories on creoles and pidgins. The case of jamaica, journal of pidgin and creole languages 23, 1, 2008, 3234, 3674.
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