LINGUIST 727

Mixed Languages

Please note: this is archived course information from 2012 for LINGUIST 727.

Description

Language types (pidgins, creoles and "mixed" or "intertwined" languages) that are extreme results of language contact. Major topics will include: processes of formation, universalist and substratist theories and the typology of such languages.

Availability 2012

Not taught in 2012

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Ross Clark

Points

LINGUIST 727: 15 points