This innovative book contributes to a paradigm shift in the study of creole languages, forging new empirical frameworks for understanding language and culture in sociohistorical contact. The authors bring together archival sources to challenge dominant linguistic theory and practice and engage issues of power, positioning marginalized indigenous peoples as the center of, and vital agents in, these languages' formation and development. Students in language contact, pidgins and creoles, Caribbean studies, and postcolonial studies courses-and scholars across many disciplines-will benefit from this book and be convinced of the importance of understanding creoles and creolization.

About the Author

Nicholas G. Faraclas is a Professor in Linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.

Sally J. Delgado is a certified teacher and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico, Cayey Campus.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367410100
Author Nicholas G. Faraclas
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g