Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. State of the art
5. Semi-creolization 19
6. Theory
7. Theories of creolization and the degree and nature of restructuring 41
8. Creolization is a social, not a structural, process 65
9. Defining “creole” as a synchronic term 85
10. Opposite processes in “creolization” 125
11. Two types of restructuring in French creoles 135
12. The fate of subject pronouns 163
13. Reassessing the role of demographics in language restructuring 185
14. Case studies: English-based
15. “Intermediate” creoles and degrees of change in creole formation 215
16. Differential creolization 247
17. Restructuring in vitro? Evidence from Early Krio 275
18. Phonological restructuring in creole 309
19. The development of the life form lexicon in Tok Pisin 337
20. Case studies: Romance-based
21. Créolisation du français et francisation du créole 361
22. Restructuration dans un créole “conservateur” 383
23. The myth of decreolization 409
24. Bozal Spanish 437
25. Centre africain et périphérie portugaise dans le créole santiagais du Cap Vert? 469
26. Subject Index 483
27. Language Index 489