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This study embarks on the intriguing quest for the origins of the Caribbean creole language Papiamentu. In the literature on the issue, widely diverging hypothe
Creole New Orleans
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Authors: Arnold R. Hirsch
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This collection of six original essays explores the peculiar ethnic composition and history of New Orleans, which the authors persuasively argue is unique among
Haitian Creole
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Haitian Creole is the creole language with the largest number of speakers: about ten million in Haiti and two million in diaspora communities in North American,
Roots of Creole Structures
Language: en
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Authors: Susanne Michaelis
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This book reflects an ongoing shift in the study of contact languages: After a period of history-free universalism, it directs the attention to the individual h
Roots of language
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Roots of language was originally published in 1981 by Karoma Press (Ann Arbor). It was the first work to systematically develop a theory first suggested by Coel