Table of Contents: The ecology of language evolution /

Main Author:	Mufwene, Salikoko S.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Series:	Cambridge approaches to language contact
Subjects:	Historical linguistics. Creole dialects > History. Languages in contact. Social ecology. Linguistique historique. Langues créoles > Histoire. Langues en contact. Écologie sociale. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative. Creole dialects. Creooltalen. Taalgenese. Ecolinguistics. Taalcontact. Lingüística histórica. Dialeto regional. Sociolingüística. Kolonialismus. Evolutionstheorie. Sprachwandel. Kreolisierung. Soziolinguistik. Englisch. Kreolische Sprachen. Black English. Europa.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Founder Principle in the development of creoles; 3 The development of American Englishes: factoring contact in and the social bias out; 4 The legitimate and illegitimate offspring of English; 5 What research on development of creoles can contribute to genetic linguistics; 6 Language contact, evolution, and death: how ecology rolls the dice; 7 Past and recent population movements in Africa: their impact on its linguistic landscape; 8 Conclusions: the big picture; Notes.