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Bastard tongues : a trailblazing linguist finds clues to our common humanity in the world's lowliest languages / Derek Bickerton.

Bickerton, Derek. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0809028174
  • ISBN: 9780809028177
  • Physical Description: 270 pages : map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Becoming a Linguist 3 -- 2 Grappling with Guyana 17 -- 3 A Different Kind of System 33 -- 4 Colombia Before Cocaine 49 -- 5 Road to the Isles 63 -- 6 Under the Rainbow 77 -- 7 From Pidgin to Creole 97 -- 8 Forbidden Experiment 115 -- 9 After the Island 131 -- 10 Infernal Machine 151 -- 11 Surinam: The Crucible 169 -- 12 Seychelles and Serials 189 -- 13 Hawaii's Hidden History 209.
Subject: Bickerton, Derek > Travel.
Creole dialects.

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Harnett County Main Library 417.22 Bic (Text) 33630003936031 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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