A sociohistoric examination of afrogenesis

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-92

  Bickerton, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

African languages; Afrogenesis; Atlantic creoles; Castle slaves; Continental drift; Cormantin; Language contact; Language ecology; McWhorter; Mulattoes; Pidgin Hawaiian; West Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989388354     PISSN: 09209034     EISSN: 15699870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jpcl.13.1.03bic     Document Type: Article

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