Starting in 1498, contact between Ibero-Romance and Asian languages has taken place along a vast stretch of the coastlines of continental and insular Asia, producing a string of contact varieties which are among the least visible in the field of Creole Studies. This volume, the first one dedicated to the Portuguese- and Spanish-lexified creoles of Asia, brings together comparative studies on various issues across the Ibero-Asian creoles and beyond, by specialists in these languages. This type of cross-linguistic analysis allows progress on many fronts, including the reconstruction of past stages of the languages, the explanation of observed similarities and differences, the identification and consolidation of typological/taxonomic clusters, or the assessment of the linguistic effects of different contact equations. The volume provides a timely window onto aspects of current research on the Ibero-Asian creoles, including unsettled debates and ways in which their study can contribute to advance several areas of linguistic enquiry.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9789027252692
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-90-272-5269-2
- Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.11.2012
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: Erscheinungsjahr 2012
- Serie: Creole Language Library
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 840 g
- Seiten: 375
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt