Featuring an international contributor list, this long-awaited and broad-ranging collection examines the key issues, topics and research in pidgin and creole st

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. P

This introduction to the linguistic study of pidgin and creole languages is clearly designed as an introductory course book. It does not demand a high level of

This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why th

A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.