Pidgins and Creoles beyond Africa-Europe encounters /

Evidence from Arabic-based pidgins, such as Bongor Arabic, Juba Arabic, Pidgin Madame, and Gulf Pidgin Arabic, and from the Arabic-based creole Ki-Nubi, shows that in these varieties verbs often derive from Arabic imperatives. In some of the West European-based pidgins, verbs apparently derive from...

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Other Authors: Buchstaller, Isabelle (Editor), Holmberg, Anders (Editor), Almoaily, Mohammad (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014.
Series:Creole language library ; 47.
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Online Access:CONNECT