This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the language went through these processes, as can be concluded from the sociolinguistic context of the period. The radical changes in the language that led to the development of the modern dialects are then seen as the result of pidginization and creolization. Data from the dialects are compared with phenomena in pidginized/creolized languages, and suggestions are given for the application of this framework to the history of other languages.
| ISBN: | 9789027235299 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1984 |
| Author: | Kees Versteegh |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Current Issues in Linguistic Theory |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics |
This book is concerned with the notions of "pidginization" and "creolization" and the role of these processes of language learning in the history of the Arabic language. It is argued that when a new type of Arabic emerged after the Islamic conquests in the 7th century AD, the language went through these processes, as can be concluded from the sociolinguistic context of the period. The radical changes in the language that led to the development of the modern dialects are then seen as the result of pidginization and creolization. Data from the dialects are compared with phenomena in pidginized/creolized languages, and suggestions are given for the application of this framework to the history of other languages.
Pidginization and Creolization features in the following genres: Historical and comparative linguistics
Pidginization and Creolization is available in Hardback
Pidginization and Creolization was written by Kees Versteegh and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company
Pidginization and Creolization has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Current Issues in Linguistic Theory series