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Creoles have long been the subject of debate in linguistics, with many conflicting views, both on how they are formed, and what their political and linguistic status should be. Indeed, over the past twenty years, some creole specialists have argued that it has been wrong to think of creoles as anything but language blends in the same way that Yiddish is a blend of German and Hebrew and Slavic. Here, John H. McWhorter debunks the most widely accepted idea that creoles are created in the same way as 'children', taking ...

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The Creole Debate 2018, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781108450836

Trade paperback

The Creole Debate 2018, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781108428644

Hardcover