It is generally assumed that Creole languages form a separate category from the rest of the world’s languages. The papers in this volume, written by internati

Since creole languages draw their properties from both their substrate and superstrate sources, the typological classification of creoles has long been a major

Offers an introduction to linguistic typology that covers various linguistic domains from phonology and morphology over parts-of-speech, the NP and the VP, to s

This book launches a new approach to creole studies founded on phylogenetic network analysis. Phylogenetic approaches offer new visualisation techniques and ins

Destined to become a landmark work, this book is devoted principally to a reassessment of the content, categories, boundaries, and basic assumptions of pidgin a