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Ibero-Asian Creoles: Comparative Perspectives: 46
Author(s): Hugo C. Cardoso (Editor), Alan N. Baxter (Editor), Mário Pinharanda-Nunes (Editor)
- Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 387 pages
- ISBN-10: 9027252696
- ISBN-13: 9789027252692
Book Description
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.
