Screen LibraryBastard tongues：a trailblazing linguist finds clues to our common humanity in the world's lowliest languages
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Hill and Wang,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 270 p.: map ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780809028177 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0809028174 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | H83 |
| CLC: | H83 |
| Call Number: | H83/B583 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-255) and index. Becoming a linguist -- Grappling with Guyana -- A different kind of system -- Colombia before cocaine -- The road to the isles -- Under the rainbow -- From pidgin to Creole -- The forbidden experiment -- After the island -- The infernal machine -- Surinam : the crucible -- Seychelles and serials -- Hawaii's hidden history -- Coda. |