LINGUIST List 12.1409

Tue May 22 2001

Books: Pidgins and Creoles/Correction to #12.1398

Editor for this issue: Karen Milligan <karenlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Sean Hanrahan, Pidgins and Creoles: The Creolization of Language and Culture, by Robert Chaudenson and Salikoko S. Mufwene

	
	Robert Chaudenson, Director of the Institut d'Etudes
	Cr�oles et Francophones, Aix-en-Provence, Revised in
	Collaboration with Salikoko S. Mufwene, University of
	Chicago and Translated by Michelle AuCoin, Sandra Billings,
	and Sheri Pargmen CREOLIZATION OF LANGUAGE
	AND CULTURE
	
	Substantially revised, Creolization of Language and Culture
	is the first English edition of Robert Chaudenson's
	landmark text Des iles, des hommes, des langues.
	Chaudenson argues against the traditional account of creole
	genesis taking full account of the peculiar linguistic and
	social factors at play in colonial societies. This is an
	accessible book that makes important contributions to the
	study of pidgin and creole language varieties and to the
	development of contemporary European languages outside
	Europe. Key features include an analysis of current
	debates on the development of creoles and discussions of
	human culture including music, medicine, cooking, magic,
	and folklore.
	
	Routledge July 2001 360 pp
	HB 0 415 14592 9 $95.00 �60.00
	PB 0 415 14593 7 $29.95 �19.99
	
	Editor's Foreword Preface
	1. Creole People's and Languages
	2. Concepts and Settings-The Case of French Creoles
	3. Theories of Linguistic Creolization
	4. Toward a Theory of Creolization-The Sociohistorical and
	Sociolinguistic Approach
	5. Linguistic Creolization
	6. Creolization of Cultural Studies
	7. Creole Music
	8. Creole Cuisine
	9. Creole Folk Medicine and Music
	10. Creole Oral Literature
	11. General Conclusions